Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 1 prepares to lead its train, long-hood forward, back to the mine for another loal of coal. On the trip to the mine, CMYX SD38-2 22 will be the trailing unit on th... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a one-man operation. On each shift, one locomotive engineer serves as brakeman, conductor, engineer, coal loader, and unloader. Controlling his ... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a one-man operation. On each shift, one locomotive engineer serves as brakeman, conductor, engineer, coal loader, and unloader. Controlling his ... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - Cumberland Mine Railroad's SD-38-2 CMYX 22 has 38 loaded coal hoppers in tow as it enters the unloading shed at Alicia Harbor, on the east end of the railroad's 18 mile line b... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - The day is almost over for the work of Cumberland Mine Railroad's SD-38-2 CMYX 22. Paired with sister unit CMYX 1 which is tied onto the end of this 38 car coal train, the two... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - In the twilight hours of a hazy summer evening, the headlight of Cumberland Mine Railroad SD-38-2 CMYX 22 pierces the growing darkness and illuninates the trees along its 18 m... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - At the Cumberland Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania, coal is flood-loaded into 38 hoppers with black gold destined for overseas ports and southern power plants. It takes about ... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - Cumberland Mine Railroad engineer Denny Barrish notches up the throttle on SD-38-2 CMYX 1 and checks the status of the remote control for sister SD-38-2 CMYX 22 that is on the... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - Built by U.S. Steel, the Cumberland Mine Railroad is one of the most unique operations in the United States. With 18 miles of isolated track between mine and port, the Cumberl... (more)

Empties heading back to Kirby

Cumberland Mine, which is actually in Kirby PA, empties head back to the mines to load up on that black gold, and then bring it back to the Mon River for unloading onto barges. The cold weather h... (more)

The empty CMYX train has just rolled across bridge 2 and starts into the S-curve.

With the train emptied at the dock the empties return west past the large rock cut outside of Mapletown. Extremely large icicles line the rock cut from end to end and also feature a small waterfal... (more)

The sun has just came out from above the tree tops as the empty Cumberland mine train leans into the small curved bridge in Mapletown as it heads for the mine in Kirby.