CSX Transportation Historical Society

Rail Fanning

RAIL FANNING Adventures as submitted by train enthusiasts. Please be patient with some of these pages as the files can be larger than a typical web page, as they contain numerous images. Enjoy the trip.


Conventions -

2012 CSXTHS Convention - additional images

2014 CSXTHS Convention - images obtained during the tours


CSXT Driving directions -

CSXT - drive from Covington to Winchester

CSXT - drive from Winchester to Corbin

CSXT - drive from Marion OH to Fostoria OH Rail Park

CSXT - following CSXT from Marion OH to Fostoria OH



Rail Fan Tours - Images

AAR Advisory On Freight Car Wheels - 2023 -03-17

Allentown and Bethlehem in 1972

Amtrak Beech Grove shops - 08-03-2019


Amtrak, IC, I&M, UP & NS - Terre Haute IN - Springfield IL - Part 1


Amtrak, IC, I&M, UP & NS - Terre Haute IN - Springfield IL - Part 2

Appalachian & Ohio Railroad - Buckhannon and Sentinel Mine, 07-27 and 07-31-2016

AZER Globe AZ 05-02-2019

AZER Miami AZ 05-02-2019

Ballast, Coke, and Aggregate Hopper Cornucopia - 09-13-2015 Info Updates

Ballast, Wood Chip, and Aggregate Hopper Cornucopia - 09-12-2015

B&O - following the Strouds Creek & Muddelty (part 1)


B&O - following the Strouds Creek & Muddelty (part 2)

"Big Boy" comes to the Midwest 2021

"Big Boy" comes to St. Louis (From the ground)

"Big Boy" Comes to St. Louis (views from the bridge)

BNSF - Alabama Power's J. H. Miller Power Plant at West Jefferson

BNSF - Chaffee MO then and now

BNSF/UP - Barstow and Yermo, CA - 10-27-2017

Bogart - Following The Lexington & Eastern Railroad

Buckingham Branch - North Mountain SD, 07-30 to 08-02-2015

Burnside KY Over the Years - Southern and NS

C&O / CSX Hoppers I Have Known and Loved, Part 1 - 12-09-2018

C&O Decades of Change - Big Coal, Big Marsh Fork, and Cabin Creek SDs

C&O Decades of Change - Big Sandy SD

C&O Decades of Change - Coal River, Pond Fork and Laurel Fork SD

C&O Decades of Change - Coal Run SD

C&O Decades of Change - Dawkins SD, Middle Creek SD, Stephens Branch SD, and Long Fork SD

C&O Decades of Change - E&BV SD, Martin Yard

C&O Decades of Change - Logan, Buffalo, Gilbert, and Island Creek SD

C&O Decades of Change - Peach Creek - FD Cabin

C&O FP7 on Big Sandy

C&O Lexington and Louisville SD tunnels

C&O Lives (and other Big Sandy happenings)

C&O around Lynchburg VA 08-23 - 26-2018

C&O Russell Yard - 1976-77

C&O Russell Wrecker

C&O RY’s SS BADGER - Last of the Coal Fired Ships

C&OHS Conference Bus Tour - 08-04-2017 - Part 1

C&OHS Conference Bus Tour - 08-04-2017 - Part 2

Cajon Pass Return - Part 1A

Cajon Pass Return - Part 1B

Cajon Pass Return - Part 2A

Cajon Pass Return - Part 2B

Cajon Pass Return - Part 3A

Cajon Pass Return - Part 3B

CN - Fulton KY Through the Years - 10-21 & 22, 2020

Coal Car Cornucopia - 01-10-2016

Coal Car Cornucopia - 01-11-2016

Coal Car Cornucopia - 10-08-2017

Coal Car Cornucopia - 12-11-2018

Coal Car Cornucopia - 05-19-2019

Coal Car Cornucopia - 05-01-2020

Coal Car Cornucopia - 08-07-2020

Coal Car Cornucopia - 11-22-2021

Coal Car Cornucopia - 11-22-2021 extra

More Coal Car Cornucopia - BMcC

Coke Cars -- More Info

Conrail / Penn-Central east of Dickenson

Conrail Shortline Special - 22 Aug 1989

Corbin KY Over the Years 1970-1983

Corbin KY Over the Years 1983-1988

Corbin KY Over the Years - 1988-2004

Corbin KY Over the Years - 2020

Copper Basin Ry. - Wed., 04-24-2019

Copper Basin Ry. - Thur. 04-25-2019 - ASARCO

Copper Basin Ry. - Thurs. 04-25-2019 - OT-1 Ray to Hayden

CRR, C&O, and SBD - Elkhorn Yard, KY 1970s & 1980s

CRR - Erwin Yard - 4-6-0 #1

CRR - Pool Point KY - State Line Tunnel

CRR - State Line - Nora VA

CRR - Nora - Dante

CRR - Dante - St. Paul VA


CRR - Santa Train

CSX - Big Sandy Misc. Sub. - 11-27-2011


CSX - on Big Sandy in 2012

CSX - Big Sandy SD - late 2014

CSX - Big Sandy SD - late 2018

CSX - Big Sandy SD - late 2019 early 2020

CSX - Big Sandy SD - March 2020

CSX - Big Sandy SD - Spring 2020

CSX - Big Sandy SD - Spring 2021

CSX - Big Sandy SD - Summer and Fall 2021

CSX - Big Sandy SD - Spring 2022 #1

CSX - Big Sandy SD - Summer 2022 #1

CSX - Big Sandy SD - Summer 2022 #2

CSX - Big Sandy SD and Ashland, early 2015

CSX - Big Sandy and Danville WV June-October 2018

CSX - Big Sandy and Kingsport SDs - 10-15 and 12-16-2017

CSX - Big Sandy and Kingsport SDs - March and April 2018

CSX - Big Sandy and Kingsport SDs - June - August 2018

CSX - Big Sandy and Kingsport SDs - early 2019

CSX - Big Sandy and Kingsport SDs - Spring 2020

CSX - Big Sandy and Kingsport SDs - Spring 2020 - part 2

CSX - Big Sandy and Kingsport SDs - Winter 2020-2021

CSX - Big Sandy SD Misc - Draffin-Paintsville

CSX - Big Sandy SD plus SD70ACe-T4s - 11-01-2020

CSX - Big Sandy SD Summer and Fall 2017

CSX - Big Sandy Misc. Sub. - 06-13-2012

CSX - Big Sandy SD and Misc. - Winter 2022

CSX - Big Sandy Misc. Sub. and S. Charleston, summer 2012

CSX - Big Sandy on Sunday - 05-04-2014

CSX - Big Sandy on Sunday - 05-11-2014

CSX - Big Sandy on Sunday - 05-18-2014

CSX - Big Sandy on Saturday - 05-24-2014

CSX - Bowling Green and R J Corman Russellville - 10-20-2020

CSX - Blue Ridge and Monroe Subdivisions, 12-2015

CSX - Casky KY - 2020-10-20 and 21

CSX - Clifton Forge COHS - Fall 2012

CSX - Coal Car Cornucopia - 11/11/2008

CSX - Coal Car Cornucopia - 12-09-2012

CSX - Coal Car Cornucopia - 01-05-2014

CSX - Coal Car Cornucopia - 09-02-2014

CSX - Coal River, Alleghany, and New River SD - 07-2015

CSX - Coal River District - 11-18-2011

CSX - Coal River Dist - 03-26-2015

CSX - Coal River SD - Blue Tom Tunnel

CSX - Coal Town & Railroad Museum - Clinton IN

CSX - Coal Train T051 - Grafton WV to Swanton MD - 07-27-2016

CSX - Columbus SD Marion - Carey - 06-18-2015

CSX - Columbus SD, NS Sandusky Dist., 08-19-2014 - part 1 of 3

CSX - Columbus SD, NS Sandusky Dist., 08-19-2014 - part 2 of 3

CSX - Columbus SD, NS Sandusky Dist., 08-19-2014 - part 3 of 3

CSX/L&N - Crooked Hill #1, 11-6-2011

CSX/L&N - Crooked Hill #3 - 11-07-2011

CSX - Cumberland MD - 07-16-2017

CSX - Cumberland MD - 10-11-2019

CSX - Cumberland Terminal SD 07-29-2016

CSX - Cumberland Valley SD, 03-16-2015

CSX - Cumberland Valley, Poor Fork Br., and Lynch 02-09-2022

CSX - Danville, S. Charleston WV, Shelby KY 07-2017 to 03-2018

CSX - Derailment - Draffin KY, 02-13-2020

CSX - Derailment - Draffin KY, 02-15 and 02-16-2020

CSX - Derailment - Draffin KY, 02-17 to 02-29-2020

CSX - 7508 Down the Middle of the Street

CSX - Eastern Kentucky misc.

CSX - EK Sub. at Hoyt

CSX - EK SD, 11-05 and 11-13-2015

CSX - EMD demonstrators on Big Sandy, 4-28-2013

CSX - ex N&W Caboose

CSX - First Weekend after Clinchfield Shutdown - 10-17-2015

CSX - Following a "Bardo" in Harlan County

CSX - Following a "Hilo" in Harlan County

CSX - Freight Car Cornucopia - 06-12-2012

CSX - Gauley Trolley - 04-05-2013

CSX - Grafton WV, Sunday 07-31-2016

CSX - Green Spring WV - 07-28-2016

CSX/RJC - Guthrie &Bowling Green KY 09-27 and 09-28-2014

CSX - Hagerstown MD - Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum 07-10-2017

CSX - Hamlet Terminal SD, 12-08-2015

CSX - Hilo Shifter - 03-19-2010

CSX - Historic Hinton WV - 03-25-2017

CSX - Historic Talcott, Big Bend Tunnel, Avis Yard - 03-25-2017

CSX - Huntington, Russell, and Catlettsburg - 08-05 & 08-06-2017

CSX - Huntington Shop - Joe Nugent

CSX - Kanawha SD 3-29, 4-18 and 5-11-15

CSX - Leatherwood Br - 08-23-2008

CSX/L&N - Livingston to East Bernstadt #2

CSX - LH&StL Subdivision

CSX Locos and Equipment - 04-05-2020

CSX - Logan and Coal River Districts, 12-28-2016

CSX - Logan District, 02-06-2015

CSX - Logan District, 06-12-2020

CSX - Logan SD, NS Kenova Dist - 03-22-2016

CSX - Logan & Southern - Peach Creek

CSX - Maysville to Cincinnati U T Tower A

CSX - Maintenance of Way Are Us - 07-04-2020 - Part 1

CSX - Maintenance of Way Are Us - 07-09-2020 - Part 2

CSX - Maintenance of Way Are Us - Part 3

CSX - Maintenance of Way Are Us - Part 4

CSX - MofW Cornucopia - 11-4-2012

CSX - Myra / Burk Branch - 1991

CSX - Myra Shifter - 04-06-2008

CSX - New River SD and Kanawha SDs - 03-27-2015

CSX - New Year's Eve at Shelby, 12-31-2015

CSX - NF&G - Anjean - Springdale - 03-28-2014

CSX - NF&G - Clearco, WV - 03-29-2014

CSX - NF&G Rainelle to Meadow Creek - 03-30-2012

CSX - NF&G - Rainelle to Quinwood - 03-28-2014

CSX - Pet Coke Train on Big Sandy - 01-01-2012

CSX - Paris KY - Stoner Creek Derailment 12-15-2014

CSX - NS - Bessemer AL, part 1, 10-04-2015

CSX - NS - Bessemer AL, part 2, 10-04-2015

CSX - NS - Marion OH 06-18 and 06-19-2015

CSX - NS - Marion OH, 06-20-2015

CSX - NS - Middletown & Hamilton OH, AK Steel - 08-05-2019

CSX - NS - IE - Glendale OH - Cottage Grove IN

CSX - Q317 on Mountain SD - 07-31-2016

CSX - Queensgate Yard Cincinnati

CSX - Queensgate Yard engine terminal - 08-02-2019

CSX - Queensgate Yard hump - 08-02-2019

CSX - Rockhouse SD - 11-08-2018

CSX - Rockhouse Sub - 08-23-2008

CSX - Rockhouse Sub #1 - 08-16-2008

CSX - Rockhouse Sub #2 - 8-16-2008

CSX - Santa Train 2012 and 2013

CSX - Santa Train 2014 (Everett Young)

CSX - Santa Train 2015

CSX - Santa Train 2015 Consist

CSX - Santa Train 2016 - 19 Nov 2016

CSX - Santa dead-heads to the North Pole - 11-17-2017

CSX - Santa Train 2017 - the 75th Anniversary - Elkhorn City to Dante - Part 1 - 11/18/2017

CSX - Santa Train 2017 - the 75th Anniversary - Dante to Kingsport - Part 2 - 11/18/2017

CSX - Santa Train 2018 -- 11-17-2018 (ey)

CSX - Santa Train 2019 - (eny)

CSX Santa Train - 2022 - (eny)

CSX - (Around) Shelby in 2013

CSX - (Around) Shelby in mid 2014

CSX - (Around) Shelby in late 2014 early 2015

CSX - (Around) Shelby in Spring of 2015

CSX - Shelby, Big Sandy SD, and EK SD - late 2017 - early 2018

CSX - Shelby - Miscellaneous Locomotives

CSX - Taking a turn at Shelby - 02-15-2009

CSX - Stored Locomotives at Huntington - 08-06-2017

CSX - SV&E SD Tunnel Fire

CSX - SV&E SD, 12-26-2014

CSX - The Breaks and Elkhorn City

CSX - The Breaks of The Big Sandy

CSX - Tank Car Cornucopia - 09-01-2014

CSX - United Coal

CSX - Wabash Valley Railroaders Museum, Terre Haute IN

CSX - West Raleigh - Grandview overlook, 03-27-2014

CSX - West TN and Western KY, 09-27 & 09-28-2014

CSX - Winchester Lackey Jeff

CSX - Winns Industrial Track - 07-15-2012

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad - 06-22 and 06-23-2018

Dick Herbert - CSXT - Some Random Shots

Dick Herbert - More Random Railroad Photos

East Tennessee Railway at Johnson City, TN 04-27-2015

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina - diesel years

Freight Car Cornucopia - 12-31-2017

Freight Car Cornucopia - 03-11-2018

Freight Car Cornucopia - 01-26-2019

Freight Car Cornucopia - 09-20-2019

Freight Car Cornucopia - 01-18-2020

Freight Car Cornucopia - 05-15-2020

Freight Car Cornucopia - 06-30-2020

Freight Car Cornucopia - 11-30-2020

Freight Car Cornucopia - 12-19-2021

Freight Car Cornucopia - 11-17-2022

Hand Off at the Horn

IC - Fulton KY Through the Years - 05-23 & 24, 1998 -- Part 1

IC - Fulton KY Through the Years - 05-23 & 24, 1998 -- Part 2

ICG - Through The Years at Fulton KY -- 08-09-1986 -- Part 1

ICG - Through The Years At Fulton KY -- 08-09-1986 -- Part 2

ICG - Through the Years at Fulton KY -- 08-09-1986 and 08-10-1986 -- Part 3

Indiana Railroad Hiawatha Yard - 09-19-2014 - Part 1

Indiana Railroad Hiawatha Yard - 09-19-2014 - Part 2

Iron Triangle Railfanning

JEDDO Steam Locomotive At BGRM (pdf)

Kanawha and Michigan Railway - Time Table No 9, 1922

Kanawha River Terminal - Ceredo WV

KCS - Heavener OK - Rich Mt AK, 09-25-2014

KCS - McElhany MO - Westville OK - 09-24-2014 - Part 1

KCS - McElhany MO - Westville OK - 09-24-2014. Part 2.

KCS - Stilwell OK - Heavener OK - 09-25-2014

Kelleys Creek & Northwestern - 1972, 1978 and 1990

Kingsport and Norton, September 2016

Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site - Laws CA - 10-22-2017

Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway - 07-12-2017

Leviathan Steam Locomotive - 09-07-2015

Lordsburg NM - AZER - Clifton AZ

Lynch KY and Coal Through the Years - 1

Lynch KY and Coal Through The Years - 2

Lynch KY Mine Transition to Portal 31

L&N 152 Harlan to Appalachia Excursion - 10-11-1986

L&N - Crooked Hill, 1944

L&N - Hagans VA - Photoshopped

Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum - Bellevue OH - 06-19-2015

Maintenance of Way Are Us - 08-16-2022

Merry Christmas 2022

Mixter - Railfan' s Diary - Amtrak - pt 1

Morenci AZ - AZER South Siding

Nevada - Goldfield, Rhyolite, and Death Valley - 06-21-2016

Nevada Northern Ry. - putting the old girl to bed - 06-17-2016

Nevada Northern Ry. - Pacing the 93 - 06-18-2016

Nevada Northern Ry. - Riding Tour - 06-18-2016

Nevada Northern Ry. - Rolling Stock - Ely NV

Nevada Northern Ry. - Shop Tour - 06-18-2016

Nevada Northern Ry. - Ely to Carson City - 06-19-2016

Nevada State Railway Museum - 06-20-2016

New River Train in Hinton WV on October 16, 2016

NS - AGS North District, 10-05-2015

NS - Appalachia District, Frisco-Yuma 11-21-2015

NS - Buchanan Branch, 09-05-2015

NS - Buchanan, Clinch Valley, Christianburg District, March 2017

NS - Clinch Valley District

NS - Clinch Valley Dist and Clinch Valley Extension (Interstate)

NS - Columbus and Sandusky Districts, 06-17 to 06-21-2015

NS/CSX - Middlesboro and Harlan County KY - 03-30-2016

NS - CV Extension and Pulaski Dist. 2015

NS - Dry Fork Br - 02-04-2017

NS - KCS on Buchanan Branch, 12-27-2014

NS - Kenova District - 05-11-2015

NS - Kenova, Buchanan, P-D, Whitethorne, and Blue Ridge Districts - Summer 2018

NS - Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois - 2021

NS - former Lehigh Valley Hazleton area, 2017-07-12 and 13

NS - N&WHS - Tour of Bellevue Yard - 06-19-2015

NS/NYC/NF&G - Exploring North Bank of the Kanawha - 03-28-2015

NS - Pocahontas Dist. - 03-08-2014

NS - Pocahontas District - 04-10-2016

NS - Pocahontas District - 02-04-2017

NS Pocahontas District - 01-04-2022

NS - Pocahontas/Williamson Dist. - 12-18-2018

NS - Pocahontas/Williamson Dist. & Buchanan Br. - 11-02-2016

NS - Roanoke District, 07-31 and 08-01-2015

NS - Williamson District 03-18-2020

NS - Williamson and Kenova Districts - 2020-2021

NS - Williamson WV - 02-20-2016

NS - Williamson WV - 08-08-2016

NS - Williamson and Kenova Districts - 07-22-2020

NS - Williamson/Pocahontas and Kenova Districts - 01-05-2019 and 02-14-2019

Nuttall tipple Stabilization NPS

N&W 2156 On Kenova District, 05-11-2015

N&W around Lynchburg, 08-23 - 08-26-2018

N&W - Exploring the Virginia Creeper Trail & Abingdon Branch

N&WHS Convention Hostling Tour at Strasburg RR - 07-14-2017

N&WHS Convention Strasburg shop tour - 07-15-2017

N&WHS Convention Strasburg PA - can't get enough of 475

N&WHS Special N&W 475 Mixed Train at Strasburg - 07-15-2017

PAL, BNSF, CN - Paducah KY -- 10-23-2020

Peabody Energy Bear Run Mine - Dugger, IN - Part 1

Peabody Energy Bear Run Mine - Dugger, IN - Part 2

Pennsylvania & Northwestern - Another Altoona Ghost

Pikeville KY Railroad Pictures - CHB

Princeton Railroad Museum 03-26-2017

R J Corman Railroad Co - Lexington KY 2019

R J Corman - Mt. Hope - Thurmond - 04-05-2013

R J Corman - Thurmond Tunnel - 04-06-2013

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - 07-15-2017 - Part 1

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - 07-15-2017 - Part 2

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - 07-15-2017 - Part 3

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - 07-15-2017 - Part 4

The Rails of Rhyolite and Beatty NV - 10-21-2017

Reading & Northern - Fall Foliage Excursion - 10-12-2019 Saturday

Reading & Northern - Fall Foliage Excursion - Reading to Jim Thorpe - Sunday, 10-13-2019

Reading & Northern - Fall Foilage Excursion - Jim Thorpe to Reading - Sunday, 10-13-2019

Reading & Northern - Reading to Nesquehoning - Monday, 10-14-2019

Reading & Northern - Tamaqua, PA area

Reading & Northern - West Cressona, Schuylkill Haven, and Port Clinton, PA 07-11-2017

Reading & Northern - West Hazleton - Tuesday 10-15-2019

Riding Behind C&O 6148 - October 2018

Riding That New River Train - 10-27-2018

Rochelle IL - Railfanning

Shelby Yard, KY - 1970 

Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown CA - 10-24-2017 - part 1

Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown CA - 10-24-2017 - part 2

Southern IN and IL - CN, NS, and Squaw Creek Southern

Southern/NS - Montview Yard and James River Bridge


Southern Railway - around Lynchburg and Monroe, VA

Southern Ry. - Carolina Div - Asheville Yard

Southern Ry. - Crescent Div.

Southern Ry. - Tennessee Div.

Southern Ry. - Western Div. - AW&W - Centralia IL

Southern Ry. - Western Div. - Lawrenceburg KY - Boonville IN

Southwestern RR - Hurley NM, Tue. 04-30-2019

St. Louis MO - Sunday, 08-29-2021

Strasburg Railroad rolling stock, 07-14 and 07-15-2017

Summer Vacation 2021 - Eastern OH and Northeast PA - Minerva and Alliance OH

Summer Vacation 2021 - Warren, Niles, and Briar Hill OH

Summer Vacation 2021 - Pennsylvania Oil Region around Titusville

Summer Vacation 2021 - Pennsy Ghosts at Oil City PA

Summer Vacation 2021 - Pennsy Ghosts at Renovo PA

Summer Vacation 2021 - McDonald, Girard, and Youngstown OH

Summer Vacation 2021 - Historic Kinzua Bridge, Port Allegheny, and Coudersport

Summer Vacation 2021 - Galeton and Pine Creek Gorge. Ghosts of the NYC and B&O

Summer Vacation 2021 - New York Central and Erie ghosts around Franklin and Oil City

Summer Vacation 2021 - Kane, Bradford and Mt. Jewett, PA 06-21-2021

Summer Vacation 2021 - Kinzua Bridge State Park

Summer Vacation 2021 - Lock Haven and Avis PA 06-23-2021

Summer Vacation 2021 - Montgomery to Sunbury PA

Summer Vacation 2021 - Warren PA and vintage LEF&C

Summer Vacation 2021 - Altoona and Horseshoe Curve

The Ole Timetable

Three Streetcar Lines rides

Train Watching At Ashland VA - 2018 Fall Break

TTI on CSXT Mainline at Maysville KY - 11-08-2016

UP at Caliente and Garnett NV - June 16-17, 2016

UP Chester Subdivision - 08-27-2021

UP Chester Subdivision - 08-28-2021

UP in Arizona - April 2019

UP in New Mexico - 04-30-2019

UP at Nogales, Arizona 2019

UP / BNSF - Pixley and Tehachapi - 10-26-2017

Vintage Lexington SD Photos

Virginia City and the Virginia & Truckee RR - 06-20-2016

Western Maryland Ry. - Ridgeley and Cumberland - 10-19-1974

Western Maryland Ry. - Ridgeley Yard and Knobley Tunnel

Western Maryland and Williamsport MD Through the Years

Western Maryland Scenic Ry. 07-29-2016

West Kentucky and Southern Indiana - #1

West Kentucky and Southern Indiana - #3

West Kentucky and Southern Indiana - #6

Wheeling & Lake Erie at Carey, OH - 06-18-2015

Wheeling & Lake Erie and R. J. Corman in Ohio - 06-23 and 06-24-2018

Whitewater Valley Railroad, Connersville IN - 08-04-2019

Whitewater Valley Railroad's Vintage Collection - 08-04-2019

Youngstown OH - 06-21-2018



Train images used by permission of Everette N Young and Charles H Bogart