Cumberland Furnace was a major producer of iron from the 1790's until its last gasp in 1942. The iron mines and furnaces here supplied much of the iron used by the US in the war of 1812. In ... (more)

On a long abandoned siding of the Walking Horse & Eastern sits this pair of long abandoned cabooses. I know they've been here since at least 2006, and maybe much longer. How and why they ended up... (more)

Q582 emerges from the north end of the tunnel through Cumberland Mountain near Cowan, TN. This tunnel was completed in 1852 before the Nashville and Chattanooga rail line got here. The first tra... (more)

I wanted to get a few more pictures of WHOE 806 while I still could. All other non-used equipment the WHO&E owns has been scrapped, leaving this ex MILW FP7 as the lone non-running survivor. ... (more)

Two brand new NRE 3GS21B Gensets (USAX 6519 and 6520) arrived at Ft. Campbell this week. They are awaiting final set up and start up, which is scheduled to occur within the next week.

The depot in Mineral Bluff, GA, sits on the now abandoned line that ran between Blue Ridge, GA, and Murphy, NC. It was built in 1887 by the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad and is the last remain... (more)

I vividly remember the day the derailed propane tank car exploded in Waverly, TN. It was February 24, 1978. The explosion and resulting fire destroyed downtown, killed sixteen, and permanently i... (more)

A prisoner work detail pauses to greet Q583 as it rolls past the Cowan RR Museum at the foot of Cumberland Mountain on a misty Saturday morning. A rare 1920 Porter 2-4-2 steam locomotive stands s... (more)

On a long abandoned industrial siding of the Walking Horse & Eastern sits this former Sante Fe Caboose. I know it's been here since at least 2006, and may have been here much longer. This was on... (more)

Still bearing Sequatchie Valley reporting marks, this GP38 is now the only running power on the Walking Horse & Eastern. As best I can tell from internet research, this GP38 was originally PC 782... (more)

The sun was dropping, as was the temperature, so I decided to fire up the Road King and ride home. But then I heard W097 go through the defect detector and it was only 300' long. Curious, I hung ... (more)

Cabooses are a rare sight these days, except on local runs where they are often used for shoving duty. This old Conrail/NYC unit has been in service here in Murfreesboro for many years now.

It's a cold, foggy, February morning in 1985. Overnight nearly 7" of snow has fallen, bringing this southern city to a grinding halt - except for Radnor Yard where four "Dash-7's" pull an inter-m... (more)

Sadly, the NW2 in this picture, originally built in 1948 for Southern Railway, has recently been scrapped. Behind the NW2 sits an FP7 delivered to Milwaukee Road in 1950. There is talk of making... (more)

Built by the Alabama-Great Southern Railroad in 1891, the depot in Ft. Payne, Alabama, is a beautiful example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. It was built with locally quarried pink and... (more)