A eastbound coal drag passes by the old coaling tower at Thurmond.

The morning Amtrak runing a hour late slows for a stop to let off a passenger at Thurmond.

RJ Corman locomotive sits by itself on the Dunloup Creek Branch

Ahead of CPH's New River Train, CSX Train Q136 high-balls through the small town of Thurmond so it does not interfere with the New River Train. Thanks to Joe Gonzalez for making this angle possibl... (more)

On a beautiful June day the silence of Thurmond WV is broken by two east bound SD50-2's moving light. Thurmond was a classic boomtown. With the huge amounts of coal brought in from area mines, it... (more)

A pair of CSX loco's easily handle this train through the middle of Thurmond WV and under the classic C&O signals. This scene has played out for over 100 years and soon the C&O signals will give ... (more)

A pair of CSX loco's easily handle this train through the middle of Thurmond WV and under the classic C&O signals. This scene has played out for over 100 years and soon the C&O signals will give ... (more)

On a beautiful June day these two RJ Corman loco's sit silently at the RJ Corman office waiting for their next assignment. Both loco’s are SD40T-2's. The 8569 is an EX-Southern Pacific # 8569 an... (more)

The morning Cardinal running late slows to check for passengers at Thurmond.

Trackside view of the remaining hardware on the 1922 Farbanks Morse C&O coaling tower in Thurmond.

Loaded coal drag passes the old C&O Coaling tower in Thurmond.

Concrete milepost 391 along the CSX New River Subdivision in Thurmond, West Virginia has seen many snowfalls and many, many tons of coal pass by. The coaling tower in the background is scheduled t... (more)

RJ Corman took control of this CSX powered coal train at Thurmond, West Virginia. The train will then power upgrade along Loup Creek to the Pax coal loadout.

The sleepy town of Thurmond is interrupted as an empty train of grain hoppers rumble through. One of the C&O's busiest coal producing terminals once existed here along with the dozens of men and w... (more)

CSX 5006 hauls empty coal hoppers up grade along Loup Creek to the Pax, West Virginia coal loadout right after a fresh snow flurry covered the area. This train will stop outside of Mt. Hope and ad... (more)