A mine run out of Loyall, KY works the small tipple at Brookside, Kentucky, on the CV Subdivision's Clover Fork Branch. Brookside was the site for a terrible and memorable labor dispute in the '70... (more)

Restored Southern Railway Gs-class Consolidation 154 stands on the point of one of two chartered trains for the Lexington Group. This engine was "stuffed and mounted" in a Knoxville park for nearl... (more)

The trailing unit on the Chaska hill helper this day is ex-Clinchfield 3613, now CSXT 8971. Extra 8600 South, a 90-car unit coal train, waits on the main for the helper to drop down to the north e... (more)

Late in the afternoon, two Norfolk & Western GE C36-7s are urged on by a clear signal at Shawsville, VA, on the climb up to Christiansburg. This is a westbound train of empty coal hoppers bound fo... (more)

A grubby ex-L&N GP38-2 (4064) is panned at the "bolt plant crossing" in Duffield late one afternoon many years ago. The unit is one of three four-motor units adding their tractive effort to the re... (more)

Restored Southern Railway G-class Consolidation 154 stands on the point of one of two chartered trains for the Lexington Group. This engine was "stuffed and mounted" in a Knoxville park for nearly... (more)

Restored Southern Railway G-class Consolidation 154 stands on the point of one of two chartered trains for the Lexington Group. This engine was "stuffed and mounted" in a Knoxville park for nearly... (more)

The 1 PM Christmas train is early in its run as it heads out of town.

A strong westerly wind blows the exhaust smoke of W&L 203 forward as the oil burner barks upgrade with an afternoon Christmas special of the popular Three Rivers Rambler at Knoxville, TN.

A northbound grain empty is moments from gaining single track at the equilateral turn-out at the end of double track at Frantz, KY. This spot is north of Corbin, on the old "KY" (ex-L&N) CC Subdiv... (more)

Two PAL crews thrash around in the former Illinois Central Kentucky Division yard at Louisville. The 3801 honors the University of Louisville Cardinals.

Three Seaboard System SD50s swing into Waycross, southbound for Erwin, with an SCWX loaded coal train (South Carolina Public Service Authority). The train is almost right on the Virginia-Tennessee... (more)

Starting in 1985, Seaboard System began routing some coal and empty trains via NS trackage rights from Appalachia, Va to Frisco, TN (until a new bridge at Big Stone Gap could be completed). This r... (more)

An eastbound UP double stack is in full throttle as it climbs through the tunnel/bridge combinations near Devils Slide, Utah.

An eastbound UP autorack train climbs upgrade toward Wausatch by the beautiful cliffs of Echo Canyon, Utah. Up trains operate on left-hand running on this stretch, crossing over several miles ahea... (more)