For the first time in five years, a train is traversing the giant trestle in Covel, Wv. on the Princeton Deepwater District. On April 18, 2020, 150 empty coal hoppers went to Clark's Gap for stora... (more)

Classic Covel

With the news of the Elmore to Kellysville section of the ex-Virginian P-D District being shut down in favor of the lower-grade Guyandot River Branch, the days of 2... (more)

As the morning sun hits the big steel trestle at Covel, West Virginia, on October 18, 2003, an eastbound Norfolk Southern coal train thunders up the 2.07 percent grade to Clarks Gap. Two locomotiv... (more)

A Hill Run lugs coal up to the summit of the ex-Virginia in Clark's Gap. This was the second run of the day, and would be combined with cars from a morning run to make a huge train to send east. I... (more)

A Norfolk Southern eastbound "Hill Run" soars over the small town of Covel, West Virginia, as the shadows grow long on a fall afternoon in 2001. This is the second cut of a coal train th... (more)

Covel from the trees. Framed through the trees, U86, having left Elmore about 20 minutes prior, passes over the massive trestle at Covel, headed up the 2.2% grade to Clarks Gap. This is the last w... (more)

Deep in the West Virginia mountains, a trio of six axle EMD's shove hard against the rear of eastbound hill run U87 as they cross the former Virginian Railway Viaduct over the community of Covel. ... (more)

Loaded coal train makes its way east on the Princeton-Deepwater District in notch 8 on the trestle in Covel, WV. This former Virginian Railway line from Elmore to PD Jct is said to have its da... (more)

After making its way down from Deepwater via the former Virginian, 6 engines (3 on each end) grind away with half of a loaded coal train bound for Princeton and points beyond. This train will tie ... (more)

Standing in the rain, watching 6 locomotives (3 more on the rear) and 100 loads of coal grind up the 2+ percent grade over the town of Covel. A nice way to spend National Train Day.

Early morning haze and mist lies in the surrounding valley, as hill-run job No. U86 crawls across the massive, but beautiful, viaduct spanning the old mining town of Covel, W.Va., with three GE's ... (more)

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere we go"... That statement applies to this scene depicting westbound train 769 soaring across the quaint town of Covel, WV as it battles a wi... (more)

On a balmy evening situated along the former Virginian Railway in the quaint hamlet of Covel, WV, finds train #U87 crawling uphill towards Clarks Gap permeating the quiet valley with the sound of ... (more)

On a absolutely gorgeous afternoon, train 754 works across the old VGN trestle at Covel, WV just east of Mullens with EMDX 2012 leading the way. This train is down to a literal crawl as it assault... (more)

A pair of GE electrics bring up the rear of the coal train shown on my previous shot at Covel, WV. Note the size of the caboose compared to the locomotives.