Typical yard power at the C&O's Russell Yard in 1983.

C&O 2309 and B&O 3690 are grabbing a caboose to add to their train of empty hoppers before departing for the Kentucky coalfields.

Waiting for daylight. The C&O SD 35 will go out on CRR/C&O No 97 and the CRR FP 7 will run a CRR excursion train south.

Shifting a cut of coal cars in the yard

Mamiya 645 color negative

RDC-4 9080 leads westbound #39 operating between Elkhorn City, KY and Ashland, KY preparing to pick up an empty express car (far left in the background) at Paintsville yard.

Has just left Shelby Yard on the Big Sandy westbound loaded coal drag passing through Kewanee bound for Russell Ky.

Switching a cut of cars in the yard

A pair of C&O U-boats are about to cross the B&O diamonds. Kodachrome II, Yashica TL