Having left Santa behind in Kingsport, P001-19 wastes no time heading south with the executives aboard.

Notching down to take the siding at Fordtown for counterpart Q698, Q697 eases under an overpass with a pair of C40-8W's leading northbound on the former Clinchfield Railroad.

As darkness and a light rain sets in on the small community of Fordtown, Tennessee, a pair of CSX Ge's lead a southbound loaded unit TILX train down the main at Fordtown bound for Erwin and points... (more)

Seems like an appropriate locale for a General Motors product. On a stretch of railroad saturated by GEs seeing anything else justifies a chase on the intricate backroads of the Tri Cities. This... (more)

March in this area is treacherous. On one of those lovely days that hold promise of spring we caught this southbound coal train in one of the increasingly few rural locales between Kingsport and ... (more)

"It's embarrassing when I got called on duty before my face could get washed, so I just have to go like it is." The 55 tunnels on the 277-mile Clinchfield kept its diesels in need of frequent wa... (more)

Fresh out of Erie, PA CSX GEVO 3076, and 3065 lead a southbound coal drag past a northbound at the south end of Fordtown siding.

Loaded southbound N203 rolls through the North End of Fordtown, one of my favorite spots. As it prepares for a meet with a northbound ethanol train. Nikon D700, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VR

A loaded Georgia power coal train makes its way slowly down the Mainline at the north end of Fordtown. It was a beautiful day for shooting trains, but hardly any trains running in in the right dir... (more)

A well worn Dash-8 still running strong in 2011 is the lead unit on this southbound manifest train, where it will come to a stop at the south end of Fordtown siding for a crew change.

CSX V403-20 battles the grade south of Fordtown with a long coal train.

As the evening shadows creep closer and closer to the tracks, CSX U339-23 rolls south at Fordtown with U355-24 tucked away in the siding waiting to go north.

Southbound coal loads led by a pair of CSX's AC GEVO's pass by a field in Fordtown.

A clean ES44AH leads this southbound DPU Duke Power coal train through the quiet community of Fordtown.

CSX G982 accelerates out of the siding at the north end of Fordtown just off a meet with F998, they will stop at the south end of Fordtown to meet a northbound mty. Nikon D80.