A mixed freight rounds the horseshoe curve at Ought One. One of the steepest on the Pokey at 12 degrees. You can see the Buchannan Branch in the top right of photo.
Mixed freight train J42 rolls past the CPL signal at Devon, bound for Gilbert. This J42 contains the freight once carried by NS 380, reblocked onto existing trains and rerouted via Gilbert and Elm... (more)
Business as usual as NS 9823 rolls up the Pokey under a rare clear sky of late. Note all the MTY hoppers sitting to the left, a sign of the economic downturn in the Appalachian coalfields. The Tug... (more)
After turning on the wye at Devon, TVRM's Southern Consolidation 630 leads "The Tri County Mountaineer" out of the tunnel at Ought One on Norfolk Southern's Buchanan Branch during the last run of ... (more)
Smoke fills the air as Southern 630 leads the Tri-County Mountaineer over the first leg of the wye in Devon, as the second trip of the day hits the halfway point
Southern Railway #630 heads into West Virginia at Devon, ending its westward trek on the afternoon run. The train will turn on the two WYE tracks and the Pokey mainline before heading back east th... (more)
The Tri County Mountaineer steam special makes an appearance in West Virginia to turn on the wye at Ought One. The train actually had to back off the Buchanan Br. and onto the Pokey main for the t... (more)