power at knoxville locomotive works

KLWX 8774 rests at the massive Cemex plant in Dittlinger, just south of New Braunfels. This ex-CSX (nee-CR) SD60M has since left the property, replaced by a trio of KLW Tier 4 rebuilds.

Dirtiest locomotive I have ever seen.

ALCO on the Avenue. NYNJ Rail SE10B locomotive 5101 and Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLWX) 253 are seen idling on the street trackage on 1st Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in the early ... (more)

This unit was being tested on the CN along with KLWX 9530 which I did not catch. But I did get 8520!

Knoxville Locomotive Works KLWX 1998 is parked on a small spur track just west of the Rural Hall depot on the Yadkin Valley Railroad. After seeing a lone Yadkin Valley diesel unit parked next to ... (more)

The Tier 4 Conversion. Tying down for the night in the Norfolk Southern Corp Coach Yard in Roanoke, Virginia after testing for the day, the train of KLWX 9530 (KLWX 4400 ACT4, ex-BNSF 9530,... (more)

The Cemex plant switcher SD60I rests at the facility in New Braunfels

KLWX 8520 fresh off testing on the CN

NS 8520 sits in North Winston yard, with an unusually large amount of planes sitting behind it at the Smith Reynolds regional airport.

A cornfield meet. Well not exactly. I was in the mud in the cornfield and 1998 was sitting in the shop dead, a familiar role for this unit.

Faded glory,yet distinguished. Basking in the Sunday sun by a cornfield with a river nearby, bucolic ain’t the word. With a wide variety of power one never knows what will appear next.

A rare sight to see... something that's usually done inside a shop, but when you don't exactly HAVE a shop, you have to just work with what you have. As shown here, Yadkin Valley RR employees perf... (more)

!Shot taken with permission From a worker! KLWX 8520, (Ex NS 8520), rests in North Winston yard after having arrived the previous day, getting ready to move to Yadkin Valley RR lines.

A Knoxville and Holston River Railroad crew drifts past Knoxville Locomotive Works 1998 at the north end of Coster yard. The former CECX 1919, is a Cummins Tier 4 compliant QSK95 demonstrator was ... (more)