Rusting quickly after being delivered from the Knoxville shop, NS will be replace a couple of wheelsets after leaving a brake on from John Sevier to Turley. The small shed in the rear houses the e... (more)

Steel on steel, with no slippage hopefully.

Power awaits duty as the massive coal storage silo hovers overhead. The silo holds 8,000 tons of coal and will need filling by the overhead beltline before a whole unit train can be loaded. Photo ... (more)

With a heavy rain adding to the misery of the deep snow, a westbound glides downhill out of Elkhorn Tunnel on the Pokey.

Loading coal the hard way with frontend loaders. The old loadout has fallen into disrepair behind the stockpile and beltlines.

One of the last remaining wooden watertanks in the East, this one resides on the TN RR just below Oneida. The 42 mile long branch, once owned by Norfolk Southern and then National Coal Corporation... (more)

Ever wonder how sturdy those new aluminum coal hoppers are? Brand new FURX coal hoppers were ripped apart like aluminum foil in this slow speed derailment.

Fourteen mtys hit the ground, with five overturning in this derailment fourteen miles from Oneida. The derailment was blamed on the gauge at the time , though never heard of the end cause. RJ Corm... (more)

Still in use, primarily on the plethora of coal branchlines in the area.

A well worn brake wheel, after a few decades of use.

Crawling under the hood, a worker labors to keep an old Whiting trackmobile operational.

Judging from the looks of the brakewheel, leathered hands have set the brake on this caboose thousands of times. Almost forgotten, they still are in service on the many branches around St. Charles... (more)

Working on an ancient, antique Whiting Trackmobile that's probably older than the broken Ford truck across the tracks. The site used to be home to Cumberland Collieries and is now Mountain Energy ... (more)

A plethora of spikes cover the ground trackside at Hagans Switchback, the only mainline switchback in the continental U.S.

Ancient CPLs stand sentinel just west of Davy, awaiting a green.