A westbound Santa Fe freight rolls along on the Crookton Line Change a few miles west of Williams Junction, AZ.

A former Santa Fe warbonnet is panned at Jasper, VA, on the NS Appalachia District, with a westbound empty hopper train.

An eastbound Santa Fe freight rolls through one of the huge cuts on the Crookton Line Change, between Seligman and Williams Junction, AZ.

When presented with an invitation for a cab ride in N&W 1218, I didn't hesitate to accept. Engineer Jack Taylor is puffing on his ever-present pipe as we accelerate through Telford, TN with a Bris... (more)

L&N 152 pounds down the former Lebanon Branch with an excursion for the L&N Historical Society convention in 2000. This is a photo runby a few miles west of New Haven. This looks exactly as an L&N... (more)

Except for the clothing and the cell phone, this could easily be the late '50s. A father and son absorb the moment as Southern 630 slowly moves along the platform at Bristol before boarding its pa... (more)

Southern 630 and train are returning from the wye at Walton to pick up passengers at Radford for the return to Bristol. Until Pepper Tunnel was built, this location (via Radford, where a second br... (more)

Southern 630, en route from Radford to Bristol at the east end of the siding at Wytheville, VA (or "Stone Mill" as it is these days).

Southern 630, en route from Bristol to Radford with an excursion, at the east end of the siding at Marion (or "Schuleen" these days).

The town of Rural Retreat, VA was made famous among steam aficionados by the Christmas Eve 1957 recording of train 42, the eastbound Pelican, arriving and departing after making a flag stop. The n... (more)

Southern 630 is flat out pickin' 'em up and layin' 'em down through the "rip-rap" swag just west of Meadowview. It doesn't take much imagination to recall how this looked every day back in the '50... (more)

With cylinder cocks wide open, Southern 630 gets underway from Bristol with an excursion for Radford. The morning eastbound passenger departure back in the mid-'50s was number 46, the streamlined ... (more)

Southern 630 slowly backs her train through the east switch of the siding at "Ford" before gaining the main line beside the passenger station. The classic State Street crossing (the rear half of t... (more)

After a brief stop to check rod bearings, Southern 630 is underway again on the return leg of a Radford to Bristol excursion. The train is running near to the schedule of number 45, the westbound ... (more)

Standing at the very spot where stablemate Southern Railway Ts and Ts-1 Mountains took over from the N&W Mountains on trains like the Memphis Special, Washington-Chattanooga-New Orleans Limited, a... (more)