A northbound manifest has stopped in Nitro, West Virginia and is working the yard to pick up and set off cars from its train on Watco's Kanawha River Railroad. This railroad rosters a fleet of ex-... (more)
Two ex-NS SD60s 6001 and 6000 lead KNWA 381 passed Bannon in golden light. After pulling passed Fairwood Ave, they would back their train around the connection into Watkins yard in Columbus, Ohio.
A leased CEFX SD60 and a WAMX SD40M-2 shove 381 into NS' Watkins Yard at Bannon.
381 pulls high across the NS diamond at Bannon before shoving into Watkins Yard.
A year and a day after Norfolk Southern ran their last train over the West Virginia Secondary, two leased NS SD60s fittingly led KNWA 381 north. Here we see the train skirting the Hocking River in... (more)
A minute after this shot was taken, Kanawha River Railroad's Dickinson to Columbus manifest 381 is crossing the single track bridge from... (more)
For a short distance, Ervin Road and the WV Secondary occupy almost the same space, with the former taking the high ground. You can just make out the road in this shot, towering over the S-curve.
Passing on the heritageThe 6th operator of the former NYC West Virginia Secondary from Alloy, WV to Columbus, Ohio the WATCO operated Kanawha River Railroad passes over the town of ... (more)