KXHR typically parks its locomotives by the University Commons shopping center. The 5ft tall fence makes it a bit tricky to get a good angle on the locomotives, so this artistic shot is the best I... (more)

Built for L&N the to SBD and now in classic "stealth", if there is such a thing, this is the miscast yard switcher on that day.

Back when CSX had traffic downtown they kept a switcher at Johnson City. This ex-B&O veteran is resting in the sunshine for the weekend. Well deserved, it appears. GWI's East Tennessee Railway ... (more)

Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

Another grizzled old veteran, by this date probably serving on a work train.

NS SD40 # 1580 will get NW colors while at TVRM.. Chattanooga Tn March 2024

Tax day and another freight is waiting to head across the mountain and up to Nashville. Not an old unit but showing a lot of signs of hard use.

A pure merchandise train when most were coal loads or empties. The head end has just passed the north switch of the long siding.

In those days just another southbound coal train. Overgrowth has probably blocked this shot by now.

Loaded coal train NS 798 winds along the French Broad River just East of Del Rio as the morning fog begins to burn off.

Just after sunrise, NS 798 pierces through the thick fog layer climbing the grade at Bridgeport with a coal train in tow for Chapel Hill, NC.

CSX M541 blasting by the old signals in downtown Englewood, Tennessee with the most recent heritage unit released. This would be the Family Lines locomotive.

NS 127 passing through Cleveland, Tennessee as they pass by Tasso on the Knoxville West End in golden light. Trailing third would be Norfolk Southern 1067 the Reading Lines heritage unit.

Southern Railway F3A 6110, built in May 1947, is looking good as it leads a freight near Chattanooga Tennessee on June 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

NS SD # 1580 on display at TVRM.