Southern's leased ex-Texas & Pacific Texas-type 610 ambles into Newport, TN---passing the Newport Switcher tied up in the clear. The green flags denote a following section in this stretch, which w... (more)

A Southern bay window cab punctuates the rear of this eastbound coal train in the late evening light. Cabooses were nearly extinct on main line trains by this time, but a few were still in service... (more)

Under a canopy of coal smoke, Southern's ex-C&O Kanawha (2-8-4) rolls an eastbound ferry run during her short stint in excursion service. She's topping the hill here at Oreton, VA, en route to Kno... (more)

Former Southern (ETV&G) No. 154 pulls a trip for the Lexington Group in Transportation History at its 2011 convention in Knoxville.

The “trinity” of the Clinchfield’s successful steam excursion program gathers around the One Spot at a water stop in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1973. Left to right, the road’s chief mechanical off... (more)

It’s Saturday, and school is out---so a few Elizabethton youngsters take in some railroading. The one closest to the engine is studying the 208, but the other boy seems more intrigued by the out-o... (more)

A Utah Railway hoghead at work at Provo.

A string of Utah units does some switching prior to departure at Provo.

The regular station switcher at Louisville Union Station for many years was SW-1 number 14. Here the veteran EMC (not "D") unit places a Railway Express Agency reefer for unloading.

You didn't usually see U25Bs in passenger service, but on this morning in 1965, two of the GEs have just brought in L&N mail and express local number 4. A motive power problem with the train's usu... (more)

A Merna to Jac Mac (Georgia) unit coal train rolls northbound toward Corbin on a dreary early April day in 1966.

A Merna to Jac Mac (Georgia) unit coal train rolls northbound toward Corbin on a dreary early April day in 1966. This run normally was handled by four of the big U-boats, because of their 16-notch... (more)

On a spring afternoon many years ago, L&N freights 66 (left) and 65 perform a CTC-controlled meet at Wilhoit, KY--just a few miles outside of Loyall on the route to Corbin. Headend crews on both t... (more)

Shot during some railfanning time with friends at the 2011 L&N Historical Society convention in Harlan, KY, this CSX southbound unit train is hustling along the CC&O Connection south of Popeville.... (more)

Southern's first 2-8-2 eases into the tight west leg of the wye at Richlands, VA under the watchful eye of NS trainmaster Larry Ziegler. This is a Kingsport, TN to Richlands R/T. The engine is cur... (more)