A western visitor leads a tank train down The Big Sandy, through the small community of Wagner on the outskirts of Pikeville.
Nothing like seeing the sight of "Kentucky Black Gold" back out and about on the rails now days!!
Over recent years, things have surly changed at Coal Run Yard. The former Appalachian Fuels loadout no longer stands but trains are still rolling in and out of the hollows of Bevins Branch at the ... (more)
Loaded CSX coal train N760-28 rolls past the signals at West End Pauley-Wagner near Coal Run,KY.
CSX 780 is greeted with a little of the white stuff from the latest arctic blast as it rolls under the vintage C&O signal still standing at Coal Run Jct.
A leased switcher rests after a hard weeks work in the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky.
Former Canadian Pacific switcher showing part of its original paint job being worked in the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky, as seen here at the Appalachian Fuels Loadout at Coal Run.
Dash 8 on the point of a unit train tries to stay warm in the yard at Coal Run.
The natural progression of the elements is revealing its true colors...
Spare power is being fired up in the Coal Run Yard after a little extended Christmas Break.
Coal keeps the lights on...
Coal is everywhere in the coalfields of Appalachia, as business is the best I've ever seen. And just curious why they can't match the numberboards on a brand new locomotive?
Spare power sits in the Coal Run Yard for the Labor Day weekend.
Got Air? This big boy does...