GMTX 2109 leads a cut of loaded coal gons to Winifrede Junction where they'll pick up an empty cut and take it back up the line to the loadout. Due to space restrictions at the load out, they're n... (more)
Two GP38-2's begin their six mile run down the Fields Creek valley with hoppers loaded at the West Carbon Mine. There is a small, three track yard at the mine that allows the road crew to build a... (more)
Two GP38-2's lead a train of coal hoppers down grade through the tiny village of Winifrede towards Winifrede Jct. where the coal will be loaded into barges on the Kanawha River. Transhipment ceas... (more)
Two GP38-2's move a string of hoppers under the loaders at the West Carbon Mine. Once loaded the train will descend the grade down the Fields Creek valley to Winifrede Jct. where the coal will be... (more)
Two GP38-2's lead a loaded coal train downgrade past the former Winifrede Railroad enginehouse. The coal will be loaded into barges on the Kanawha River at Chesapeake WV. The barge loading facili... (more)
Big Eagle Railroad's SW1500 switches the West Carbon Mine loadout. The railroad goes back to 1881 with the chartering of the Winifrede Railroad to serve the coal mines in the Fields Creek drainag... (more)
A Big Eagle coal train ducks under CSX's Kanawha Subdivision.
Big Eagle Railroad #2012 pulls emptys past the former Winifrede Railroad Steam engine house on its way to the mine. I must have missed the steam operation by a few days!?!?!
The Big Eagle Railroad shifter nears the CSX interchange with a string of brand new CSX coal gondolas.
One of the daily runs from the Winifrede Mine to the Kanawha River at Winifrede Junction passes through the hollar with a string of brand new CSX coal gondolas.
Switching loaded coal hoppers at the CSX interchange at Winifrede Junction.
The Alco "Twinkie" model. This is a remote switcher used at the barge loading facility of the Big Eagle Railroad (formerly the Winifrede Railroad).
This appears to be some type of mine critter made from an ALCO.
BER #01 rests on a quiet Sunday afternoon.
