Valley girl. Looking more like a crude oil or unit ethanol train in this shot, the West Local train T69 cruises through the small community of Concord. T69 is just like a quote from Forest ... (more)

L&N heritage. Venerable L&N searchlight signals still protect many CPs on CSX’s KD Subdivision. Pictured here is K426 northbound ethanol empties waiting behind a set of these searchlights... (more)

Southbound manifest Q539 has arrived at West Knoxville Yard, and the crew has begun making their drop-offs and pick-ups. Because of the small size of this yard, switching for road crews often invo... (more)

Three big CSX GEs lead a unit ethanol train north out of Knoxville. This train sat at Willoughby interlocking about half a mile down the line for two hours awaiting southbound traffic to clear.

The daily CSX second trick yard job brings a cut of ethanol tankers past the signals at S. Amherst.

As I was driving down Ball Camp Pike, I got stopped at the first of three crossings the CSX's KD Sub makes over the road. Here #726 leads a unit train of grain hoppers northward towards Oak Ridge,... (more)

A loaded southbound grain train sits tied down at Baxter Avenue in downtown Knoxville. The Lehigh Valley ES44AC led this train south through Indiana and Ohio before the SD70 was placed on the poin... (more)

While I would hate to see another SP paint job bite the dust as much as the next railfan, if the patch has been in place long enough to start looking like this, then perhaps it's time for a repain... (more)

The humble number board. The nose of CSX 64 shows some wear and tear, as chips in the paint have allowed the metal underneath to begin to rust. Photo taken from public park adjacent to t... (more)

After a two year rehabilitation, the Henley Street Bridge in downtown Knoxville is back open to traffic and pedestrians allowing this overhead view of the Knoxville riverfront and University of Te... (more)

With a fairly new ACe on the point, NS 46G sits tied down at Baxter Ave., where it's been for at least the past 24 hours. At some point, a crew will take the grain loads to the Tate & Lyle facilit... (more)

The quintessential KXHR shot. On a beautiful East Tennessee morning, the Three Rivers Rambler has begun it's second weekend of spring 2015 operations. At the throttle of Washington & Lincol... (more)

On a beautiful East Tennessee morning, the Three Rivers Rambler has begun it's second weekend of spring 2015 operations. At the throttle of Washington & Lincolnton 203 on this day is none other th... (more)

On a beautiful East Tennessee morning, the Three Rivers Rambler has begun it's second weekend of spring 2015 operations. At the throttle of Washington & Lincolnton 203 on this day is none other th... (more)