The two peeps assigned to the plant are easing around the big curve, bound for Emory Gap to pick up some coal. This was the site of the imfamous fly ash spill in 2008. They still use coal. I wo... (more)
After picking up a train of coal at Emory Gap two geeps of obscure heritage are approaching the plant. The first is obviously a 9 but has a door from a 7 under the cab. Photo by Jim Satterwhite... (more)
Look Mom, no stack. Well, initially Alco didn't think they were necessary. Everyone else, having been gassed, thought differently, but then, this is the government. Having had inhalation pneumo... (more)
NS 73Z unloads on the balloon track at Kingston Tn
The crew of 1072 is now tying the train down just outside the plant.
After coming around the curve we're at the bottom of Pine Ridge grade on the NS Emory Gap Line (EG). NS 73Z (Kingsport,TN-Chattanooga, TN/CSX) an empty TVA train is making its way south back to Em... (more)
The Virginian heritage unit sits at the Kingston Fossil Plant unassigned after the T36 crew tied it down on a side track. It has pulled many coal trains, and will probably pull another as soon as ... (more)
Two Baldwin switchers, Nos. 14 and 16, are on the loop track emptying coal hoppers at TVA’s steam plant at Kingston, Tenn
Wyoming coal reaches its destination here in Kingston. It is common for the coal trains to this plant to have BNSF engines.
TVA 15 leads a coal train to the Kingston Steam Plant.
They are not like the old BLWs but their replacements had a better paint job. Here they are switching cars in the coal yard. At the time TVA made the run to the interchange at Emory Gap but I th... (more)
The was just a real surprise, seeing two of these on a coal train from the SOU interchange at Emory Gap to the steam plant.
USA RSD-1 #8032 on loan to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at their Kingston, TN plant as seen in this Oct. 1974 view.
