The final Christmas Lantern Express of the day crosses the Three Rivers Trestle, named for where the French Broad & Holston Rivers meet to form the Tennessee River. The dusk lighting shines down o... (more)

The final Christmas Lantern Express of the day passes the Governor Ned McWherter Riverside Landing Park.

Gulf & Ohio 2391, the companies first locomotive, makes a rare appearance outside of the Knoxville Locomotive Works as it does the honors of leading the return trip of the Christmas Lantern Expres... (more)

The Christmas Lantern Express departs for the second run of the day as Southern 154 does the honors of leading the eastbound trip up the grade by the athletic parks for the University of Tennessee... (more)

The Christmas Lantern Express charges up the hill near milepost 9 after pausing for the story reading.

Running as NS 937, the Norfolk Southern’s OAR special, a specialty train that at select cities throughout the year is used to train first responders on how to respond to a train accident, heads ... (more)

Running as NS 937, the Norfolk Southern’s OAR special, a specialty train that at select cities throughout the year is used to train first responders on how to respond to a train accident, heads ... (more)

Okay, so a CSX SD40-2 leading a road train in 2021 is not the thing that’s weird about this photo. However, what & where it’s leading is something I did not see coming. CSX 8064 leads Norfolk ... (more)

Southern 4501 is on the point of the Missionary Ridge Local on the final day of steam operations for the year. Here, the first trip of the day is seen about to cross the Chickamauga Creek bridge.

Running through a very foggy Cowan at around midnight central time, CSX Q582 heads north for a meet with 583 at Dechard with the 3194, the companies "Spirit of our Law Enforcement" engin... (more)

E319 heads north for Chattanooga at SE Resaca on the W&A Sub with 223 cars behind the power, making it over 12,300 feet long & 928 total axles. Leading is the 7249, one the AC44 rebuilds that spor... (more)

Q542 heads north by the Appalachian Regional Port with the 4535, one the first two engines to get the newly rebirthed YN3 paint scheme, on the point.

T738 heads south through Crandall with freshly rebuilt SD70MAC rebuild 4545, sporting the newly returned YN3 paint scheme which now sports the company website under the X, on the point & the 4542,... (more)

NS Inman-Industry Yard local G70 heads back to Industry Yard in East Point on the former Central of Georgia. Veering off to the right is the former A&WP/GARR Belt Line that ran from here in Oaklan... (more)

Guarding over a long gone connection, the signal for Control Point Oakland Junction still stands. The signal guards the old West Point Belt Line that I was standing on, which was constructed has a... (more)