R647 is just south of Oaktown on the former C&EI/L&N Chicago to Atlanta main. Taken with my Pentax K1000, developed and printed while working on other projects for my college class. Working on as... (more)

A relatively short R647-14 with 2 western visitors exits the eastern portal of Sandpatch Tunnel

R647-14 approaches CSX's Summit on Sand Patch with some western visitors up front

another detour train, this time R647, works its way up the hill at Campbellsburg on a busy October afternoon. It was a great day to be fannin' the Shortline.

R647 rolls south past a memorial setup by the family of a man killed by a train. The driver of a car attemped to beat the train and lost his life as a result. The train was about 5 miles from its ... (more)