Wearing it’s old “paper railroad” number but no longer sublettered this veteran sports shiny new paint. No switcher has been assigned to Johnson City for man years now.
Running as Extra 2707, train 167 receives orders from the Statesville agent. The train left the Washington-NOLA main at Mooresville, and is about to head west toward Asheville.
The evening light begins to set as Southern Railway's oldest operating steam locomotive rolls through Knoxville with last Christmas Lantern Express of the day.