Two empty coal trains bound for loading on the Kanawha River Railroad idle away at the north end of Elmore Yard, awaiting crews to bring them over the hilly ex-Virginian Princeton-Deepwater Distri... (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)

Two empty coal trains sit idle in Elmore Yard on the former Virginian Princeton-Deepwater District, waiting for crews from the Kanawha River Railroad to take the trains north for loading. KN-50, ... (more)

The last light of the evening shines on Q316-19 rolling over the mouth of the Kanawha River into Point Pleasant with the two SD70ACe-T4 demonstrators back in the power rotation between Cincinnati ... (more)

The boys are back, and they're looking for trouble! As the Dropkick Murphys song goes, the two Tier 4 SD70ACe demonstrators loaned to CSX have escaped Queensgate Yard after weeks of ... (more)

Richmond, VA manifest Q303 rolls through the interlocking at NC Cabin with an eclectic mix of CSX power in tow, approaching their destination of Russell, KY on a dreary January afternoon. The sig... (more)

Rerouted Rathole freight NS 170 rolls through Greyeagle, the west end of double track through the town of Kermit on their way westbound on the Kenova District. In tow in the consist are a CEFX GE... (more)

During a visit to Fayette County for work, I was able to spend some time checking out the railroads around Lexington, including the NS CNO&TP 1st District mainline, and the ex-L&N Old Road now ope... (more)

CSX Parkersburg Yard job Y121-01 has picked up 12 cars from the Low Yard on the Ohio River Subdivision across town & has just spotted three cars at an industry (left of frame) before tying the tra... (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)

LKRR 1205 is plugged in for the weekend as the years continue on for this terminal railroad, operating a former B&O branch serving local industries on the south side of Parkersburg with an interch... (more)

A roadmate set with a GP38-3 idle on New Years Day alongside a former B&O bay window caboose, waiting to be used as power for one of several road switchers on the Ohio River Subdivision.

All we need is a paint brush and some B&O Blue. The Parkersburg Yard job pulls 12 cars dropped off by one of the two road freights into the Low Yard and prepares to head back out the transf... (more)

With twelve cars from the Low Yard in tow, the Parkersburg Yard job rolls up the Transfer Track to the High Yard on the first day of 2017.

A stunning sunset silhouettes (try saying that three times fast!) the Huntington Locomotive Shops on a beautiful December evening. In the Upper Yard, a long line of EMD motors including several S... (more)