The Santa Train is about to enter the S-cure tunnel at McClure, with its next stop at Dante around a half-hour away.
A rare YN2 SD40-2 leads a Herzog train upgrade past the old L&N coaling tower at Chaska, TN. The coaling tower is a holdover from the days of the steam helper on Duff Mountain; the helper shack wa... (more)
As the sun drops behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, NS 744 creeps down the intense grades of the Southern Loops.
In beautiful spring light, #4501 rolls south along the former Central of Georgia.
Northbound grain empties snake along the Clear Fork River through "the Narrows" on their journey along the rails of the former Louisville & Nashville.
Coal loads roll northbound along the Cumberland River from Harlan County USA.
The helper engine from Morley is at the lead of X751, assisting the train after it stalled further south in Lake City. The train is seen here crossing the large Davis Creek trestle at Habersham, r... (more)
With a southern belle leading the way, NS 56G flies through Oliver Springs at sunset.
An eastbound coal train rolls through the small community of Del Rio, TN along the French Broad River Valley.
A northbound empty grain train rolls along the Clear Fork River as it nears the end of the mountainous terrain traversed by this section of the former L&N. A few miles north of this location is th... (more)
K-36 #489 and its train are curving their way out of the Chama Valley on the upgrade run on Cumbres Pass.
A northbound limestone train curves through the gorge north of Chaska, TN, crossing Hickory Creek as the sun sets below the bluffs.
W&L #203 makes the final push into Marbledale, the terminus of the Three Rivers Rambler's run into rural Knoxville.
T131 rolls past the multitude of searchlights that govern the wye with the Straight Creek Branch in downtown Pineville.
CNO&TP action through Spring City, a great way to spend a summer afternoon.