A Letcher County shot from last week.
An empty coal train destined for Hazard passes through the curved Rockhouse Creek tunnel on former L&N track. The L&N built this section of track from Hazard out towards Deane, called the Rockho... (more)
CSX 256 with the SCL sticker on the side, pushes a loaded coal train through the Democrat tunnel on the way to Martin.
For years, an Alco switcher, modified for remote control operation, sat alongside CSX's Rockhouse Sub in Letcher County, KY at the idle Enterprise loadout at Democrat. Now it is but a memory as i... (more)
The power owned by the Progress Loadout in the town of Democrat, KY is seen here in silent repose, showing off its more than classy paint job.
A CSX coal train stops just inside the Democrat Block of the Elkhorn & Beaver Valley Sub, "meeting" the decrepit Alco switcher at the Democrat Mine.