Patience rewarded. Four hours spent watching the snow fall yielded the prize; a westbound mty train crossing the New River.

If you ever visited Hawks Nest or the New River area you know how rare it is just to catch a train while your there let alone catch 2 eastbounds at the same.... I wonder who made it to Sewell firs... (more)

An early morning westbound empty hopper train is slowly crossing the Hawks Nest bridge right below the Hawks Nest Lodge (this was the view from my balcony).

CSX westbound empties passing the Hawks Nest Dam.

Looking West toward the hydroelectric plant, a Southbound coal train makes its way up stream.

A peaceful morning along the New River at Hawks Nest. On January 28, 1873, the last spike ceremony for the original C&O took place just to the left of this photo.

An eastbound train of brand new aluminum hoppers full of coal is slowly overtaking another eastbound train on the other mainline at MA Cabin, just west of Hawks Nest, West Virginia. It's now a ra... (more)

An eastbound train is rounding the curve and passing the former location of the standard C&O brick tower "MA Cabin", just west of Hawks Nest, West Virginia.

C&O 614 pulling the Chessie Safety Express across the Hawks Nest Bridge deep in the New River Gorge of West Virginia in October of 1981.

Train of empties west bound along the New River. Canon A-1/Canon 70-200 zoom.

Taking the New River Train to Hinton, crossing the New River at Hawks Nest.