Three southbound loaded coal trains in the yard at Erwin await crews for the trip over the Blue Ridge Subdivision. Today this scene is dominated by GE ES44AC locomotives with distributed power cap... (more)

This is the new way of fueling. Here a SB coal train getting a drink of nectar prior to departure.

Yeah they are orphans and all that but you can't help but like these beasts, sort of the plumber's nightmare of their generation. This SB mixed freight has been released to enter the yard.

CSXT 896 rests at the Erwin Service Center after an encounter with a load of mulch.

Resting its wheels on the Rock Creek lead beside the car shop, the pusher on this southbounder will soon be earning its keep as the train continues south over the Clinchfield Loops on this hazy su... (more)

All dressed up and no place to go, literally. CRR had the nice habit of paintin' em up real purdy and auctioning them off to the public. Where has all the class gone?

This is one I wish I had seen on a train. I believe it was originally Monon and gave from L&N. What happened to the original 1065?

Shorn of its cupola this Santa Fe-style caboose is ending it's days in M of W service. I believe this was a one-of-a-kind on CRR. Incidentally the cast aluminum steps were apparently unique as w... (more)

Nearly new and already acquiring a CRR patina, known to the less sophisticated as grime.

202 is waiting to push on the back of this loaded coal train headed South out of Erwin Yard.

103 waits on a crew to head North, while 390 heads out of Erwin yard going North with it's empties.

NB empty train is setting out empties on the north end of the yard. Single unit train is rather uncommon here.

This is not photoshop gone horribly wrong. It's a paint job gone horribly wrong. Note the radio control installed in the nose in the stylish location. Unit was originally SCL.