After being stopped by a defect detector north of Saxton, KY, southbound manifest Q539 is flying upgrade to clear the way for a parade of 3 trains backed up in the gorge. Despite having a train in... (more)

Steam over Knoxville...again! Over the course of the weekend of July 14/15 Southern Railway #630 hauled 4 employee excursions to just short of Alcoa, utilizing the K&A branch. As a bit of a... (more)

Ex-D&RGW #489 departs Cumbres after a water stop.

With a brand new set of Tier 4 GEs on the point, southbound grain train G895 rolls through Morley, TN. No help will be needed today, and the train will top the Duff Mountain grade with only the Ti... (more)

With sand flying, ex-SCL SD45 #2024 pulls the Secret City Scenic out of Wheat Station for the final time.

Big 6 is assaulting the final grade into Whittaker Station through the rain, leaving a cascade of fall leaves in her wake.

Tennessee Valley #610 charges upgrade with a Missionary Ridge Local run at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. UPDATE: Over the weekend of December 12th, 2010, 610's water injectors froze in th... (more)

Ex-CB&Q #4960 speeds along the tracks at Milepost 3 on the Grand Canyon Railway. The engine is leading one of the Catarack Creek Rambler runs, a great way to both railfan the train and get a chanc... (more)

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The CSX OCS returns south to Jacksonville after a trip to the Kentucky Derby. The train is seen here passing through Dossett at sunset while a small conglomeration of fans waves them through the w... (more)

NS T12 rumbles into Clinton with an awesome lash-up of 3 GP38-2's, with two of them being high hoods!

Commuters become alert as a train on "The Tube" enters Earl's Court.

A southbound loaded coal train rolls downgrade over the trestle at Ivydell on a frigid January morning. Coal is no longer king on the former L&N, and only a handful of loaded trains run south from... (more)

The Norfolk Southern executive train plays host to the CNO&TP Board of Directors for their annual trip down the Rathole. The train is seen here climbing the grade through one of the Rathole's icon... (more)

The Knoxville & Holston River's River Train switches the cement plant along Neyland Drive on the train's way back to the railroad's yard at Coster.