Empties for McClure rumble south through the small town of Draffin
A few miles back up the line, another loaded CSX coal train makes its way around the bend in the small Pike County community of Darffin.
The damage to CSX # 384 after the derailment of K429 on February 13,2020.
The damage to CSX # 168 after the derailment of K429 on February 13, 2020. This was the lead motor of the train and went nose first into the Levisa Fork.
On February 13,2020 CSX K42911 was hit by a mudslide in Eastern Pike County, the lead motor #168 went nose first into the Levisa Fork while the other 384 and 571 went ablaze along with a few of ... (more)
Coal rolls through the little community of Draffin on the former C&O, deep in the hollows of Eastern Kentucky. Next up, the former Clinchfield...
A Loram rail grinder puts on a great show reshaping the rails of the Big Sandy Sub along the banks of the Russell Fork River at remote Draffin, KY.
