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CSX - Logan Coal District - March 2025

Rail Fan Adventure --

These are images I shot while attending two days of the Saint Albans C&O Modelers show at Chief Logan State Park.

1. CSX 3092 is sanding the rail as it pulls R211-28 down the steep grade from the Feats mine at Holden. 03-28-2025.
CSX 3092 is sanding the rail as it pulls R211-28 down the steep grade from the Feats mine at Holden. 03-28-2025.

2. R211 is loading the first 55-car cut, which it will later take to Peach Creek yard.
R211 is loading the first 55-car cut, which it will later take to Peach Creek yard.

3. CSX 938 is parked at the west end of the old engine terminal tracks. The covered hoppers are for Austin Sales, an explosives dealer.
CSX 938 is parked at the west end of the old engine terminal tracks. The covered hoppers are for Austin Sales, an explosives dealer.

4. Fairly new yard office painted in the blue/gray scheme common to all new structures. The yardmaster for Peach Creek, Danville, Elk Run, Shelby, Martin, Paintsville, and Coal Run is based here.
Fairly new yard office painted in the blue/gray scheme common to all new structures. The yardmaster for Peach Creek, Danville, Elk Run, Shelby, Martin, Paintsville, and Coal Run is based here.

5. Island Creek SD bridge 01 crossing the Guyandotte River at Logan. U. S. Coal & Oil constructed the Island Creek RR in 1904. After it became Island Creek Coal Co., C&O leased the line in 1912. C&O took ownership in 1933.
Island Creek SD bridge 01 crossing the Guyandotte River at Logan. U. S. Coal & Oil constructed the Island Creek RR in 1904. After it became Island Creek Coal Co., C&O leased the line in 1912. C&O took ownership in 1933.

6. R209-29 with the same engines as the afternoon before brings the remaining 55 loads toward the yard to make a 110-car train. This bridge is composed of three distinct structures. The nearest is a riveted through truss built in 1920. The second is a pin-connected through truss built in 1904. The third is a deck plate girder bridge also built in 1904. Why the first truss is newer than the other two is unknown.
R209-29 with the same engines as the afternoon before brings the remaining 55 loads toward the yard to make a 110-car train. This bridge is composed of three distinct structures. The nearest is a riveted through truss built in 1920. The second is a pin-connected through truss built in 1904. The third is a deck plate girder bridge also built in 1904. Why the first truss is newer than the other two is unknown.

7. CSX 3092 and 516 crossing the Guyandotte River.
CSX 3092 and 516 crossing the Guyandotte River.

8. The brick former C&O depot is in the background. It is now the city hall. The Island Creek SD joins the Logan SD just past the depot at FD Cabin.
The brick former C&O depot is in the background. It is now the city hall. The Island Creek SD joins the Logan SD just past the depot at FD Cabin.

9. As there is no run-around track at the Feats mine, R209 has a manned helper.
As there is no run-around track at the Feats mine, R209 has a manned helper.

10. Abandoned Trace Fork SD just west of the tunnel off US 119. Trains use the Trace Fork SD to the Holden side of the tunnel. The rest of the branch to Scarlet in Mingo County has been removed.
Abandoned Trace Fork SD just west of the tunnel off US 119. Trains use the Trace Fork SD to the Holden side of the tunnel. The rest of the branch to Scarlet in Mingo County has been removed.

Train images used by permission of Everett N Young