An American tradition comes to an end... After 146 years of entertaining families all across America, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is making its final visit to Charleston, W.Va., ... (more)

With shadows growing long on a perfect Spring evening, two leased SD60s shove a coal train over the West Virginia Secondary.

WAMX 4211 leads KN 381 west over Alum Creek and towards Norfolk Southern's Watkins Yard.

WAMX 4211 leads Kanawha River Railroad's 381 along the West Virginia Secondary and towards the diamond at Bannon.

The rain has finally let up as the Nitro Local, KN40 assists Columbus to Dickinson train KN-380 with sorting & switching of cars for local industries. Two rebuilt GP39V's of GM&O and Western Mary... (more)

Kanawha River Railroad's Columbus to Dickinson freight KN-380 pulls into Nitro Yard on a rainy March afternoon to sort & switch cars for delivery to the Kanawha Valley, as well as drop off cars fo... (more)

On incredibly unusual summer-like day, Kanawha River Railroad No. 381 and two matching KNWA SD40-M2s lead a freight through the capital city of Charleston. The train is en route to Columbus, Ohio,... (more)

A year and a day after Norfolk Southern ran their last train over the West Virginia Secondary, two leased NS SD60s fittingly led KNWA 381 north. Here we see the train skirting the Hocking River in... (more)

Local power for the Kanawha River Railroad out of Dickinson sits quietly on an unseasonably warm and overcast January afternoon. With no work on this Saturday afternoon, the power will wait for t... (more)

The year 2016 has been quite a roller-coaster ride for fans of the former NYC West Virginia Secondary between Columbus, OH and near Summerville, WV via Athens, Point Pleasant, and Charleston. To k... (more)

Built for the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad in 1965, Watco EMD GP35 No. 3904 finds new life on the Kanawha River Railroad in south central West Virginia. Here, the single four axle EMD is leading e... (more)

A pair of Kanawha River Railroad EMD GP35s lead a short local into Dickinson Yard after returning north from near Alloy.

Arriving in Dickinson Yard with a few outbound cars, Kanawha River Railroad EMD GP35 No. 3921 and its crew pass a few idling locomotives on the former NS Dickinson Yard pit.

A Kanawha River Railroad Nitro-to-Dickinson freight turn heads south near Belle, W.Va., with a handful of outbound cars. WAMX 3921 is a former Western Maryland EMD GP35.

The first revenue run... Watco's Kanawha River Railroad makes its inaugural run across rails formerly operated by Norfolk Southern on its West Virginia Secondary. Here, WAMX 411, an EMD SD4... (more)