Kanawha River Railroad/WATCO SD40M-2's 4221 and 4211, both rebuilt ex-Southern Pacific SD45's sit at the south end of Dickinson Yard in Quincy, awaiting their next road assignment. In the backgro... (more)

Dead trees, sharp sunlight and little compositional interest lends itself to a B&W of one of West Virginia's newest railroad operators: Watco, LLC's Kanawha River Railroad. KNWA resumed the che... (more)

As the light glimmer of light descends below the hills of Meigs County and glistens off the side of 4211 and 4213, Kanawha River Railroad manifest KN381 waits at the north end of Hobson Yard on th... (more)

Three rebuilt SD45's lead Kanawha River Railroad train 381 from Dickinson, WV to Columbus, OH. Today's train has 76 cars and is 15 miles from it's final destination of NS's Watkins Yard on the sou... (more)

A minute after this shot was taken, Kanawha River Railroad's Dickinson to Columbus manifest 381 is crossing the single track bridge from... (more)

Spanning the Ohio River, three Watco SD40-2MS lead KN 381 across the Point Pleasant bridge and into the state of Ohio from West Virginia. This is the first Kanawha River-operated 381 to run north.... (more)

For a short distance, Ervin Road and the WV Secondary occupy almost the same space, with the former taking the high ground. You can just make out the road in this shot, towering over the S-curve.

Passing on the heritage

The 6th operator of the former NYC West Virginia Secondary from Alloy, WV to Columbus, Ohio the WATCO operated Kanawha River Railroad passes over the town of ... (more)

Welcome to West Virginia, Watco! After more than 200 days of re-routing freight traffic via Norfolk Southerns in southern West Virginia, Watco's new Kanawha River Railroad returned freight ... (more)

After a 6-month absence of chemical traffic north of Nitro, WV, three ex-SP SD45s led the first train at 25mph in beautiful afternoon light.

The new kids in town

Two motors of WATCO's newest shortline, the Kanawha River Railroad, sit quiet in Nitro Yard (presumably assigned to the Nitro local) awaiting the next day's assi... (more)

On Kanawha River Railroad's (KNWA) first day of operation, they were off to busy start with switching the yard at Dickinson, one northbound qualifying run to Pt. Pleasant, WV and picked up a few c... (more)

On Kanawha River Railroad's (KNWA) first day of operation, they were off to busy start with switching the yard at Dickinson, one northbound qualifying run to Pt. Pleasant, WV and picked up a few c... (more)