The Jacksonville bound deadhead move of the CSX Derby train slows to a crawl as they enter the north end of the yard at Corbin. They will change crews and fuel all three engines before continuing ... (more)

The Norfolk Southern "Honoring Our Verterans" SD60 does the honors on Chicago bound 282 as the sun rises over Lake Cumberland on July the 4th of 2014.

K427 pops out of the tunnel on the former southbound main as it passes by the abandoned tunnel on the former northbound main near Hazel Patch Kentucky on Crooked Hill.

The finches and larks sing their morning songs as the smell of honeysuckle and fresh cut hay fills the hazy morning air. The tranquility of a summer Sunday sunrise is all but perfect as the faint ... (more)

I got a call back in January from a friend saying that the steam schedule for 630 included a trip down the CNO&TP first district. Being that I live only 8 miles from this Location I sprang into ac... (more)

A northbound Manifest waits in CSX's Yard 2 for permission into Queensgate Yard this afternoon

A light summer rain shower is gently falling on the the sleepy railroad community of Sadieville as northbound manifest No. 376 races for Cincinnati.

They don't call it Rockastle County for nothing. Southbound mixed freight Q539-20 blasts out of the tunnel just north of the junction with the old Lebanon branch at Sinks

Sheer skill, power and might prevail over gravity and wet rail as 611 begins to climb back up to track speed after nearly stalling just a few hundred yards back on the unforgiving Christiansburg M... (more)

Fort Wayne bound Triple Crown Train No. 264 proudly strides north across the Cumberland river as it begins the 160 mile trek to Cincinnati.

The Norfolk southern Office Car Special splits the Ill fated southern searchlight signal bridge at Highbridge Kentucky. We chased this guy for 115 miles with this being the last stop along the way... (more)

On the first run of the day, Southern 630 makes an all out attack on one of the many grades between Grundy Va. and Devon Wv.

The annual northbound Derby Train dead head is running about 8 hours late as it exits the Clear Fork river Gorge on the beautiful CSX Knoxville Division.

Winter Storm Jonas is in full swing as 175 rolls south into Antioch Cut.

The Sun Shines bright on my old Kentucky home. Cincinnati bound autorack train Q236 momentarily disrupts the the stillness of another beautiful Poindexter sunrise as it rides on the old Northboun... (more)