Logan has never been on a train ride until today and it has tired him out as he sleeps in the lounge area on the Cedar Rapids as the inaugural run of the Autumn Colors Express heads back west to H... (more)

A CSX empty hopper trains follows the twists and turns of the New River as it approaches Quinnimont. View is from Grandview State Park.

By 1986, hi-rail vehicles had established their roles in MOW work, and the days of speeders were numbered, especially on Class 1 railroads. Needless to say, it was quite a surprise to stumble into... (more)

On a chilly October night in the New River Gorge, an empty coal train lights up the C&O signal at Quinnimont, West Virginia as it prepares to run around its train, pick up another unit, and procee... (more)

CSX 480 leads a train of hoppers under the iconic dual cantilevers at Quinnimont deep in the humid New River Gorge. Since this shot was taken, these signals, the last of their kind on the C&O mai... (more)

Waiting for a chance to fight snow that will never come again. Here sits Chessie System 1961 Jordan snow plow in a West Virginia snow storm in Quinnimont, WV.

After completing some switching in Quinnimont Yard, a YN2 CW44AC leads Raleigh Mine Run H827-12 under the classic C&O Cantilever Signals on the New River Subdivison. Thanks to fellow RP photograph... (more)

A five-unit lashup of GP40's and GP40-2's from the B&O, SBD, and WM spend the weekend laying over in C&O's Quinnimont, WV yard.

After a quick downpour steam starts to rise as a westbound coal train rounds the curve at Quinnimont.

A cold and snowy morning at Quinnimont, WV finds two sets of CSX GE power tied down in the small yard awaiting their next work.

1961 Jordan snow plow that still bears the Chessie System logo.

CSXT 2246 at Quinnimont Yard.

Eastbound C&O passenger train George Washington rounding the curve at Quinnimont with a C&O 2-6-6-2 resting to the right. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

Jordan Snow Plow with Chessie still sleeping spotted in the remnants of the yard at Quinnimont, deep in the heart of the New River Gorge. Don't see many of these in Southern Appalachia.

It seems every time I visited Quinnimont, WV it was hot and steamy, even in May. On May 20, 1979 the turnaround job from Raleigh had dropped its loads and was heading back home with a train of em... (more)