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  1. CSX 4832 Taking Empties On Coal River

    CSX 4832 Taking Empties On Coal River

    Combining two hobbies, railfanning and radio control flying. Image captured on the CSX Coal River Sub at Upper Falls with a camera on a radio controlled model plane.
  2. Sunset Shadows

    Sunset Shadows

    Sunset casts long shadows as CSX 439 and mate take empty hoppers up Coal River at Tornado, WV. Photo taken with mini digital cam mounted on an RC airplane.
  3. Early Spring in Thurmond

    Early Spring in Thurmond

    CSX 10 heads west past the old coal dock in Thurmond, WV on a bright early spring afternoon.
  4. Crossing New River

    Crossing New River

    Amtrak's Cardinal crosses the New River at Hawks Nest, WV
  5. Fall on Coal River

    Fall on Coal River

    A CSX train of empties heads up Coal River at Upper Falls, WV. Photo taken via camera mounted on a radio controlled plane.
  6. 765 Enters WV

    765 Enters WV

    NP 765 along with NS 1800 dressed in NP colors cross the Ohio River into WV, headed for Williamson and some excursions.
  7. NP 765 in WV 2012

    NP 765 in WV 2012

    765 looks at home dragging freight near Fort Gay, WV. At this angle you can't see the modern diesel and passenger cars also in tow, headed for Williamson, WV for some excursions.
  8. 375 at Cotton Hill

    375 at Cotton Hill

    CSX 375 about to clear the signal at Cotton Hill, WV in the heart of the New River Gorge.
  9. Sand Patch

    Sand Patch

    Late evening, fog and light snow give an air of tranquility to the otherwise busy and loud B&O, albeit CSX, crest of the Alleghenies.
  10. Hawks Nest

    Hawks Nest

    CSX 7909 takes a mixed train west across the Hawks Nest Bridge in the New River Gorge New Years Eve 2011.
  11. Container Train through St. Albans

    Container Train through St. Albans

    This is a screen shot from video taken with a radio controlled plane. A train of single stack containers passes the old C&O depot in St. Albans. To see the video go to, http://vimeo.com/31584973
  12. CSX 550

    CSX 550

    550 sits on the Coal River Bridge in St. Albans a little after midnight waiting for a fresh crew.
  13. Circus train through St. Albans

    Circus train through St. Albans

    CSX 5432 and 7921 head east with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus "red unit" train.
  14. Crossing Coal River

    Crossing Coal River

    A coal train just off the Coal River Sub. crosses Coal River in St. Albans.
  15. 8776 in Thurmond, WV

    8776 in Thurmond, WV

    Still standing watch, the massive coal dock in Thurmond, WV built by the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1922 to fuel hungry steam locos, looms over a modern 4000 horse power General Motors CSX Locomotive.
  16. CSX 56 crossing New River

    CSX 56 crossing New River

    Coming off the Loup Creek Branch, CSX 56 enters Thurmond, WV.
  17. CSX 56 crossing Loup Creek

    CSX 56 crossing Loup Creek

    CSX 56 and mat take loads of coal down the Loup Creek Branch headed for Thurmond.
  18. NS 3558

    NS 3558

    3558 sits with a caboose at the Nitro WV yard office.
  19. 416 at St. Albans Tunnel

    416 at St. Albans Tunnel

    On a cold winter morning 416 exits St. Albans Tunnel at MP 1 on the Coal River Sub.
  20. CSX 536

    CSX 536

    Exits Armstrong Tunnel heading for St. Albans.


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