Grinding its way up the over 2% Grade on the Mountain Sub, CSX 8368 leads a loaded rail bound for Cumberland Maryland on a warm summer day.

With 100 loads in tow CSX 7254 moves east along the Mountain Sub on its way to Baltimore Pier with export coal.

M316 crests the summit at Terra Alta with CSX's First Responders unit leading.

The beginning of the fall season is in the process of becoming bright and colorful as we see CSX train N785 eastbound with 100 loads of coal bound for Baltimore.

The silence of the Mountain Sub is broken by dynamic brakes fighting gravity as 200 mtys roll westbound toward Grafton.

This loaded coal drag battles the over 2% grade on the CSX Mountain subdivision. This 115 car train has 2 units on the head, 2 DPU’s mid train and 2 manned helper units on the rear.

As it appears this train is climbing out of the pit, a loaded coal drag battles the over 2% grade on the CSX Mountain subdivision. This 115 car train has 2 units on the head, 2 DPU’s mid train a... (more)

N789-12 eastbound on the Mountain Subdivision.

Snaking it’s way up the grade into Terra Alta CSX train N789-12 has 80 loads of coal with 2 manned helpers on the rear all in full throttle to make the pull up grade successful.

CSX train N789-12 has reached the top of CSX’s Mountain Subdivision and is on its way to soon reach the 17 Mile Grade to begin its descent towards Keyser after another small ascent at Altamont.

The 614 is preparing to be turned after pulling the "Chessie Safety Express" into town from Cumberland, MD. The highlight of the trip was the climb up the B&O's legendary Seventeen Mile... (more)

A pair of Ess44AC's are shoving hard on the tail end of this manifest to get it to the top of the 2.4 grade at Terra Alta.

Climbing the grueling 2.2% Cranberry Grade, the daily eastbound manifest is rounding Graveyard Curve with the assistance of GE's latest technology. The Mountain Sub is the proving ground for thes... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 614 has turned and is back on its train as it gets ready to leave Terra Alta, W.Va., with the Chessie Safety Express. The trip originated in Cumberland, Md., and featured the lon... (more)

Eastbound coal crawls out of the hole at the summit of Cranberry Grade.