If you don't like the weather on Sherman Hill, just hang around a few minutes, and it'll change. An angry western sky and patches of sunlight streaming through "honey holes" in the clouds catches ... (more)

While BNSF ain't too far in the future, this is still a Santa Fe operation as an eastbound behind six units roars through the west side of tiny Ludlow, CA--an expensive gas stop for traffic on adj... (more)

Fan-tripper 4501 is westbound at Jones' Cut on the Appalachia District in 1993, a year before NS would cease the steam excursion program. The Mike usually had a silver or graphite smokebox, but fo... (more)

A CSX eastbound coal train on NS trackage rights claws into the 1.7 percent climb from Copper Creek to the top at Big Cut. Copper Creek Viaduct--the well-known ex-Clinchfield structure--is in the ... (more)

A westbound Espee coal train slowly winds its way down from Donner Pass at Applegate, CA. The double track main line is separated here.

Veteran Clinchfield engineer Charlie Morris has just brought the 1998 Santa Claus Special into Kingsport after another successful run. Charlie's wearing an Atlanta Braves cap in honor of his favor... (more)

Leased ex-Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 is on a Knoxville to Salisbury ferry run as it stops at the depot at Hot Springs, NC for train orders. Lima found the big Texans difficult to balance to reduce dyn... (more)

Leased ex-Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 is on a Knoxville to Salisbury ferry run as it heads toward Asheville flying green flags for a following section. The eight car consist is child's play for this ea... (more)

An early morning westbound ballast train on the K&O from Knoxville to Oakdale crosses the Clinch River bridge at Clinton, TN.

Led by a Cotton Belt GE, a westbound SP freight coils along the bay at Pinole, CA. This is the Cal-P, Espee's primary route into Oakland from the east, north, and the Valley. The original SP route... (more)

While a northbound mty grain train holds the siding, the southbound inspection train passes the iconic Union Baptist Church at Dante.

CSX operations brass eyeball the KP Subdivision from the comfortable seats on the theater car.

A southbound CSX inspection train rounds a 10 degree curve passing the Allen Extension track on the KP Subdivision.

A CSX inspection train (what's termed an OCS in today's vernacular) coils out of Rhinehart Tunnel 14 at MP 18.3 just south of Clinchco, VA. This is the KP Subdivision--or the north end of the old ... (more)

CSX Extra 8514 East holds the main at the siding between Watkins and Boone, VA as the westbound NS Catawba unit train (empty) rolls through the signaled siding. The head brakeman on the CSX train ... (more)