At 3:25 AM on the morning of Monday, November 3, 1969, northbound L&N freight number 856, powered by RS-3s 177 and 165, hit an open switch at the north end of the passing track at Big Stone Gap, d... (more)

The Knoxville-based 300-ton Industrial Brownhoist derrick D-1 is cleaning up the east end of a major derailment at Glenita, VA.

A morning westbound stack train winds down Beaumont Hill on the last lap to Colton, CA on the SP Sunset Route from El Paso and New Orleans.

The eastbound "cans" power up and around the Loop at Walong en route to the LA Basin with more crude oil.

The morning fog on a rainy spring day is still lifting as a 90 car loaded CSX unit coal train roars out of the south end of Tunnel 29 at Speers Ferry. This is the former Clinchfield main line.

A westbound UP train has reached the top of the grade at Cajon Pass at Summit, and will now slowly drop down the west side to San Bernardino. It's crossing to the north track, which is less steep ... (more)

An SP eastbound drag coils through a reverse curve as it makes the long climb from Roseville to the top of Donner Pass on this, the former Central Pacific portion of the first transcontinental rai... (more)

Former SP Daylight number 4449 is heading north on Southern's AGS main on a Birmingham-Chattanooga round trip. The Southern auxiliary water tender looks rather small behind the big tank of the 4-8... (more)

Two GEs are ready to take a train south after a summer rain storm at Loyall, KY. The ground is covered in spilled coal--so it's pretty obvious what commodity dominates this line.

CSXT's "One Spot" (a.k.a. "Spirit of West Virginia") idles at the Erwin engine facility before a call on a coal train for Bostic. This photo was taken for possible use in a Trains Magazine article... (more)

The Knoxville Division engineer on Southern 4501 casts a pensive look at the photographer as the engine is serviced at Middlesboro before heading back to Knoxville. In 1974, there was a good chanc... (more)

The L&N acquired a dozen six-motor 2,750 horsepower C628s from Alco in 1964. The big units were the first six-motor power on the L&N, and the first new units to be equipped with dynamic brakes. Sa... (more)

The LV and Virginian heritage units lead Knoxville-Andover train 387 at Speers Ferry. The bridge carries CSX's KP Subdivision--left is northbound to Elkhorn City, KY and right is southbound to Spa... (more)

The LV and Virginian heritage units lead Knoxville-Andover train 387 out of the deep shadows of a late winter's day at Speers Ferry. The train is crossing the Robinette Valley road.

Alcos 1425 and 1405 smoke it up as they depart Appalachia with train 864 for Corbin. This is the Imboden crossing just west of "Double Cut." The adjacent track is the Southern Railway main line. T... (more)