In the late 1970s, railroads were experimenting with alternatives to having locals with cabooses, as on some runs the caboose was problematic – it would need to be switched to the other end of the... (more)

Seaboard System was a US Class I railroad that was created after the consolidation of the Family Lines System railroads (Louisville & Nashville, Seaboard Coast Line, Gerogia Railroad, Clinchfield ... (more)

After the creation of NS in 1982, a decision was made to connect the west end of the old Interstate Miller Yard line (Southern's property) to the N&W Clinch Valley District main at Tacoma--where t... (more)

The connecting track on the left was constructed by the L&N in 1973 when its trains began using trackage rights over the N&W between Norton and St. Paul. An inbound unit train from Loyall, KY wait... (more)

An SD40 - its L&N markings painted over - leads a pair of SD40-2s and a trio of B36-7s - all in SBD colors - across the NS at Oglethorpe.

A loaded unit coal train from Loyall, KY to St. Paul, VA is running here on NS trackage rights (ex-N&W) at the old BoPar load out just outside Norton, VA near Ramsey. The three SD50s were standard... (more)

Seaboard System F units leading an excursion southbound along the Toe River near Relief, NC || April 1984

This curve on the former Clinchfield main line just north of Dungannon, VA is semi-officially noted as "Osborne's Curve" on the track and profile charts. However, railfans have called it "Log Cabi... (more)

The signal at the left "dates" this shot to the earliest months of new CTC operation on the NS Appalachia District. This westbound Seaboard System empty unit train running on trackage rights is ab... (more)

At 47'7", Bee Rock Tunnel certainly ranked among the shortest railroad tunnels in the US. The old newspaper feature "Ripley's Believe It or Not" once featured Bee Rock as the "shortest railroad tu... (more)

A CTC-controlled meet is taking place at the north end of the long siding at Pineville, KY. On the left is Extra 2725 North, while Extra 8535 South is taking the siding. The SD50s were still fairl... (more)

A trio of Seaboard System / Family Lines EMDs and GEs lead a coal train through Johnson City, TN and past passengers awaiting an excursion train depature.

Engineer Jerry Taylor has a southbound coal train rolling along at track speed between Glidden and Popeville, on the "CC&O Connection" to Hagans, VA, and the famed switchback. The bridge here cros... (more)

An eastbound coal train struggles upgrade at Oreton, VA behind three GEs (a C30-7, two U30Cs) and an EMD SD40-2. Exhausts on the GEs stand tall--and if you look toward the very rear of the train, ... (more)

The power for this Erwin, TN - Marion, NC excursion runs around its train at Marion with passengers walking around the depot before the trip back north to Erwin || April 1984