Brand new L&N SD35 1215 stands in front of Corbin's shop between consecutively-numbered Alco S4s 2229 and 2230. The EMD wasn't long for this world. It was destroyed in a horrific head-on collision... (more)

A southbound Lynch Turn rumbles into Loyall, where the horizontal train order board at the yard office (just ahead and out of the scene to the right) tells the engineer to stop and sign for Form 3... (more)

Two NS MofW workers use ignited oil-soaked ropes to heat the two rails on the west side of the frog of this main line switch. The heat from the fire will expand the rails to align the bolt holes a... (more)

On the last leg of the long ferry run from Cheyenne to Kingsport, TN, UP's 3985--renumbered and relettered as Clinchfield 676--hammers upgrade at Trammel, VA under a an enormous plume of oil smoke... (more)

Certainly not a "train" photo in the pure sense of the word, Santa Claus (a.k.a. Don Royston) waves to the crowds as the 2001 edition of the famed CSX (Clinchfield) Santa Claus Train rolls south d... (more)

The 1987 L&N Historical Society convention in Corbin, KY featured a memorable night shot where the High Line crossed the CV Sub main. The convention was held in October, but two months earlier, Ga... (more)

Not long after daybreak, an eastbound Santa Fe intermodal is pulling the Arizona Divide at the east end of the Crookton Line Change.

An eastbound Andover-Yuma Turn crosses the overhead truss bridge at Clinchport. The lead unit is a former Southern Railway SD40-2. The "white face" is leading a radio-train with mid-train helpers.

After a clearance improvement project to bypass some tunnels and enlarge others was completed in early 1964, the L&N began operating trains 44 (north) and 45 between Atlanta and Cincinnati, via Co... (more)

In fresh paint, L&N Alco FPA-2 number 384 looked pretty spiffy in 1964. The coaling tower at Corbin was converted to handle locomotive traction sand after the end of steam in 1956. Two years later... (more)

At the only mainline switchback in the US, L&N Corbin-bound manifest number 66 swings off the "Old CV" main and down to the first leg of the unique piece of track work. The lead unit is classed by... (more)

Two fairly new NS AC GE units are tied down awaiting a fresh crew. On their rear pin is a long string of battleship gray NS "Top Gons" destined for loading at a nearby mine. The old N&W caboose is... (more)

Starkly etched by the morning sun, Clinchfield F7A 817 is the north end point unit for a three-engine pusher. Later in the day, it will shove a southbound coal train up the 1.5 percent grade throu... (more)

N&W 611 roars through Max Meadows, VA, westbound to Bristol. The train is running very near the schedule for number 45, the old Tennessean. Until the last day of 1957, N&W's 14 Class Js handled th... (more)

An American Classic: Southern Railway's superb Heavy USRA-design Ps-4 Pacific no. 1401. Future generations are fortunate sensitive and caring souls saved this engine from scrap, so it could be app... (more)