The East Tennessee Railfan Association Special has just tacked on a gon and a caboose and has begun its return to Erwin on this rare steam-only fantrip. They are about to enter Vance Tunnel. Two... (more)

Do not try this at home.

Waiting at the south end of Boody Siding for a SB train to pass the great impostor will soon proceed to the Wye at St. Paul and turn there to pull a the remainder of a trip north after being unabl... (more)

With great trepidation the East Tennesee Railfan Association offered tickets at $50 each for the only fantrips with #1 and no diesels. Here the old teakettle has gone to Altapass, turned, added a... (more)

With great trepidation the East Tennesee Railfan Association offered tickets at $50 each for the only fantrips with #1 and no diesels. Here the old teakettle has gone to Altapass, turned, added a... (more)

Perhaps my greatest chase of 611 was a little publicized trip carring school children. Few chasers, beautiful weather as the train heads heels into a curve a few miles east of Bluefield. Other t... (more)

Great place for old GEs to work in semi-retirement. It has to be fall, just look at that radiator screen.

This rock train had come up the old SAL mail from Savannah and diverted onto the line to Augusta at the town of Fairfax. US 278 is good for a chase thru this area but watch the speed limits!

I had a 12 day layover in the area and made the most of it.

Believed to be an ex L&N unit, this locomotive served a barge transloader on the Carrolton Railroad and the Ohio River.

Mystery locomotive, probably ex-C&O and probably destined for ACWR appeared in the yard from nowhere. The TBRX reporting mark is very obscure and may have been just borrowed for the move.

Returning from the offload at Osaka the Dumptrain is nearing the former Interstate yard in Andover. Spring comes late in the mountains, there's a chill this brilliant day and the leaves are only ... (more)

Just because it's a caboose it doesn't get to bring up the rear after a few switching moves. After working Abingdon the EB V40 local makes a leisurely arrival in Glade on a cold barren morning.

In those days KCS had a fascinating assortment of "previously owned" and modified units. This was an ex-UP and I noticed the panel under the number boards was flat. Replaced or rebuilt at some p... (more)

Late in their careers these got a renumbering into a yard unit series. Photographer unknown. From the collection of Sid Vaught