Appalachian Railroad Modeling

CSX
Prototype Photos

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CSX unit train runs through Oreton, VA on NS rails - Eric Miller photo

	CSX SD40 7579 (ex-C&O 7479, to CSX SD40-2 8430) leading 2 more EMDs with a southbound unit coal train at Patty, Tennessee, Apr 1987

Scenes

CSX ES44AC and SD70MAC 4772 on a coal drag at South Charleston, WV, 11 Nov 2010 -Chris Kessell	CSX unit train, loaded on RJ Corman rails near Pax, VA, crosses Loup Creek near Thurmond, WV, 27 Mar 2010 -Everett Young	Westbound Orlando Utilities Commission unit train with empties on NS rails at Oreton, VA, 5 Jun 2010 -Eric Miller
Pushers on a southbound unit train crossing Pool Point on the ex-Clinchfield, 4 Jun 2010 -Eric Miller	CSX "crosstie train" being pushed south of Elkhorn City, KY, 4 Jun 2010 -Eric Miller	CSX Work train led by SD50 8651 slips past an abandoned tipple and bad order hopper at Allen, VA on the former Clinchfield, 17 Apr 2010 -Eric Miller
Orlando Utilities empties roll across the Clinch River near Shannon Tunnel behind CSX 488, 21 Feb 2010 -Eric Miller	An 11-car "Yellow Dog" local runs through the cut just south of Shannon Tunnel, VA, 21 Feb 2010 -Eric Miller	The sun is almost down as a BNBX unit train rolls through Carfax, VA, 21 Feb 2010 -Eric Miller
The yard office at Hazard, KY hasn't changed much in the last several decades, 22 Sep 2009 -Donald Dunn	A former B&O trailer makes a suitable storage shed at Martin, KY, 22 Sep 2009 -Donald Dunn	Extra 62 South exits Townes Tunnel near Miller Yard, VA, 1 Feb 2009 -Eric Miller
275 Southbound with South Carolina Public Service Authority (SCWX) train in tow at Hills Mills, just south of "the Breaks" on the old Clinchfield, 29 Dec 2008 -Eric Miller	CW44AC 380 leads a southbound across Pool Point Bridge near Elkhorn City, KY, Sep 2008 -Eric Miller	Southbound about to emerge from Pool Point Tunnel near Elkhorn City, KY, Sep 2008 -Eric Miller
Northbound across Pool Point Bridge approaching Elkhorn City, KY, Sep 2008 -Eric Miller	AECO unit train loadout at Typo, KY, 18 Aug 2008 -Donald Dunn	Helper set near south end of Elkhorn City, KY, Dec 2007 -Eric Miller
CW44AC 259 leads southbound loads at the south end of Elkhorn City, KY, Dec 2007 -Eric Miller	Southbound rolls through the south end of Towers siding, KY where the helpers will be cut off, Oct 2007 -Eric Miller	Extra 629 South rolls by the rusting L&R dock in Elkhorn City, KY, 9 Sep 2007 -Eric Miller
McVicker tipple and switcher at Levisa Jct, KY on the old C&O, May 2007 -Eric Miller	Blue Diamond Coal Company loader on the Haysi Branch, VA (ex-Clinchfield), May 2007 -John Wilkes	Neece Creek flood loader on the ex-Clinchfield Nora Branch, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkess
Neece Creek loader on the ex-Clinchfield Nora Branch, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes	ST&I loader at Elkhorn City, KY on the former Clinchfield, May 2007 -John Wilkes	Bell County Coal Company flood loader near Middlesboro, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes
Bell County Coal Company single-car loader near Middlesboro, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes	The next several shots are of ICG's prep plant and Mine #1 flood loader at Raven, KY on the former C&O, May 2007 -John Wilkes	Raven, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes
Raven, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes	Raven, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes	Raven, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes
Raven, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes	These handful of shots are of the Sunny Knott Coal Company loader at Lackey, KY on the former C&O, May 2007 -John Wilkes	Loader at Lackey, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes
Loader at Lackey, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes	Loader at Lackey, KY, May 2007 -John Wilkes	Kentucky Oak Mining's flood loader at Vicco, KY on the former L&N EK Division, May 2007 -John Wilkes
Northbound helper set pops out of Pool Point Tunnel on their way to Shelby, KY, Mar 2007 -Eric Miller	Northbound coal train holds in the siding at Barbourville, KY, 26 Dec 2006 -Todd Parrott	Pusher set being added to a southbound coal drag at Loyall, KY, 26 Dec 2006 -Todd Parrott
The old roundhouse at Loyall, KY has seen better days, but it's still standing on a cold December day in 2006, -Todd Parrott	Unit train loading out on the ex-L&N Cumberland Valley main north of Harlan, KY, 26 Dec 2006 -Todd Parrott	Same loader north of Harlan, KY, 26 Dec 2006 -Todd Parrott
Another shot of the loader north of Harlan, KY, 26 Dec 2006 -Todd Parrott	Flood loader at Ada, KY, 26 Dec 2006 -Todd Parrott	CSX empties from Corbin, KY heading up the Straight Creek Branch near Pineville, KY, 26 Dec 2006 -Todd Parrott
Bluegrass 3 loader on the Davis Spur just south of Hazard, KY in the spring of 2005 or 2006 -Donald Dunn	"Big Blue" SD70MAC 4712 departing Kingsport, TN southbound with Loyall-Erwin unit train, 26 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller	Southbound loads on Copper Creek Viaduct, 26 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller
CSX loads head south at Hill Station, VA after a meet with an NS Northbound at Starnes, 26 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller	Helpers cut off a loaded southbound on NS trackage at Watkins, VA, 26 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller	Helpers from previous photo head light back to Loyall, KY on 26 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller
CSX 228 leads a coal train in western VA, 26 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller	Northbound empties led by 131 roll through Wood, VA 26 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller	CSX 211 rolls through Kingsport yard on the ex-Clinchfield, 25 Nov 2005 -Eric Miller
Empties heading north through Kingsport yard, 25 Nov 2005 -Eric Miller	90-car loaded coal drag ascends "Gooseneck Grade" on the NS near Watkins, VA, 26 Nov 2005 -Eric Miller	Abandoned tipple on the ex-B&O near Rockwood, PA, 2005 -Travis Brant
More photos of tipple near Rockwood, PA, 2005 -Travis Brant	CSX 310 leads a coal train on the former Monongahela at Clarksville, PA, 30 Oct 2005 -Ed Wolfe	Coal drag passing the old station site at Fremont, VA, fall 2004 -Joseph Fuller, Jr
A northbound empty hopper train is about to depart ex-Clinchfield rails and roll onto the the ex-C&O at North Elkhorn, 15 Oct 2003 -Ed Wolfe	An empty CSX hopper train rolls westbound through Watkins on NS trackage rights, 17 Oct 2001 -Ed Wolfe	CSX train Q549 at Cove Creek near Jacksboro, TN. Note the first "car" of the train is an Alco switcher, Oct 1998 -Ron Flanary
Shelby Turn bound for Elkhorn City at Dante Yard, VA, Oct 1998 -Bob Helm	CSX 263 westbound at Tito, VA, 1998 -Ron Flanary	CSX 275 pops out of the South portal of Hagans Tunnel at Smiley, VA. It will take almost an hour to negotiate Hagans switchback before proceeding to Big Stone Gap, 1998 -Ron Flanary
CSX 304 at Balcony Falls, date unknown -Ron Flanary	CSX E690 passes Union Baptist Church at Dante, VA, Sep 1998 -Bob Helm	A pusher set awaits its next train at Cowan, TN on 20 Oct 1996 -Stuart Thayer
Train NB, an empty coal unit train, moves through Etowah, TN on 19 Oct 1996 -Stuart Thayer	Train SB, the loaded OUCX train, leaves Winchester, KY on 15 Oct 1995 -Stuart Thayer	Triangle Dock, Elkhorn City, VA, date unknown -Bob Helm
Extra 266 South heading down a 1.5% grade to St Paul at Hanging Rock crossing, VA, date unknown -Bob Helm	CW40-8 7880 and U23B 3290 face off at Loyall, KY, Dec 1993 -Eric Miller	CSX SD40 8321 leading a coal drag, date unknown -Ron Flanary
Mine run power including a GP30M and U18B idling at Loyall, KY, Apr 1993 -Eric Miller	Northbound Lynch turn leaves Loyall, KY with an SD40, SD45-2 and a U30C, Aug 1992 -Eric Miller	CSX and NS trains meet at Watkins, VA 8 Mar 1990 -Ron Flanary
National Energy Resources flood loader, Resource, KY, June 1989 -John Wilkes	National Energy Resources flood loader, Resource, KY, June 1989 -John Wilkes	The EB Unit train leaves Charleston, WV on 11 Jun 1989 -Stuart Thayer
Northbound CSX at Flagler, KY on a snowy day in 1989 -Ron Flanary	CSX 8102 E on NS tracks at Copper Creek, VA, 1988 -Ron Flanary	CSX Eastbound 8050 takes the siding at Jasper, VA on a busy day, 28 Aug 1988 -Ron Flanary
Extra 7031 South at Flagler, KY, 1988 -Ron Flanary	Family Lines 8126 on the new connection at Big Stone Gap, VA, 1988 -Ron Flanary	A meet at Big Stone Gap, VA between an empty coal train (left) and a loaded train with pushers 20 May 1988 -Ron Flanary
Train meet at Tito, VA 21 May 1988 -Ron Flanary	Chessie units meet on NS trackage at Tito, VA, 1988 -Ron Flanary	The L&N yellow nose is fading as this coal drag crosses Davis Creek, 4 Oct 1987 -Stuart Thayer
Chessie power leads this CSX train across the Davis Creek Trestle, 4 Oct 1987 -Stuart Thayer	More coal moves across Davis Creek, 4 Oct 1987 -Stuart Thayer	Pushers returning light cross the Davis Creek Trestle on 4 Oct 1987 -Stuart Thayer
Pushers returning to the bottom cross Davis Creek Trestle, 4 Oct 1987 -Stuart Thayer	Unit train empties moving up the Straight Creek Branch, KY on 1 May 1987 -Stuart Thayer	Mixed Seaboard and Chessie painted power move across the Howard's Creek Bridge, Apr 1987 -Stuart Thayer
Lot's Creek Mine Run returning to Hazard, KY. There are enough loads this day to warrant the crew to "double-in" to the yard, Jul 1986 -Stuart Thayer	A northbound loaded train eases past the pushers at Jackson, KY. The pushers will couple on for the run up the hill, Jul 1986 -Stuart Thayer	Pusher set at Jackson, KY, Jul 1986 -Stuart Thayer
	Big SDs power through Beattyville, KY in July 1986 -Stuart Thayer