Empty coal buckets for Consol pass through Lester Fork on the Buchanan Branch

Norfolk Southern coal train 81N eases under a couple coal loadouts at Hurley,VA on their way up the Buchanan Branch

Norfolk Southern train U52 rolls down the mountain at Hurley, VA on the Buchanan Branch. They'd meet #794 just ahead at Lester Fork and then tie down at Pine Oaks for the day.

After meeting U42, Norfolk Southern SD70ACu #7284 leads train #794 by Lester Fork at Hurley,VA beginning its trip down the Buchanan Branch with an empty coal train bound for loading at Consol.

NS 1050 pulls an empty coal train past the old N&W bracket signals in Hurley. This train is bound for Consol in Oakwood.

A loaded Buchanan Branch hill run glides down grade through the Virginia hollows toward the Pokey main.

92J crosses Knox Creek and VA 650 at Hurley, taking their short slop freight East towards Weller.

U52 passes under the unique cantilever at Lester Fork, bringing tidewater loads towards the Pokey main at Ought One.

On a wonderful June afternoon, Coke loads from Dismal roll West under the cantilever at Lester Fork with a tophat leader.

After a crew change as Lester Fork, U54 gets underway passing the bracket signal at Hurley, with 162 empties and a pusher on the rear bound for Weller Yard.

With a gloomy evening sky overhead, the pushers from U71 pause on a bridge over Lester Fork after cutting off from the train, and await a signal indication at Hurley. The Old Sulphur Springs Old R... (more)

Dropping downgrade into the small community of Hurley, Virginia, NS westbound loaded train U60 passes the unique N&W signals in Hurley on the Buchanan Branch.

As the rain starts to let up, and the fog starts to settle in the valley, NS Weller Pusher Set J86 shoves a loaded U72 across the bridge in Hurely on the Buchanan Branch.

Southern 630 rolls through Hurley, VA on its way to Devon, WV in the late afternoon.

1st return trip of the day finds SOU 630 crossing Knox Creek on the Kentucky/Virginia line amid some spring color...