A look into the ongoing restoration of C&O 2716 at Ravenna, KY. Much work has been accomplished turning a massive derelict car shop and former CSX rail yard into a functioning steam locomotive re... (more)

CSX switches out two Ringling Bros. flat cars to push newly donated SW1500 1100 back to the Kentucky Steam shop.

CSX's Ravenna local swaps Kentucky Steam's newly donated SW1500 for Clinchfield 800. With only a single storage track, some odd switching took place to drop the SW1500 nearer to KSHCO's shop.

Home At Last- After three years of planning and a three-day trek across the Bluegrass State, C&O 2716 cools her heels with Clinchfield 800 upon Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation property ... (more)

Clinchfield F7 and C&O 2716 make a nice pair for an impromptu night photo session. And when you don't have a tripod, you improvise. 15 second exposure.

I have a thing for rebuilds and the little variations that make them interesting. There are clues on sight with most of them. This one started work for UP.

This was a foul day, overcast, cold but what the hey, there were Alcos kicking cars and of course L&N's version of "stealth".

Fortunately our dreams came true. Stealth went away.

After setting out a bad ordered coal hopper at Ravenna, W200 start's the return trip back to home base in Jackson as it rolls through the turnout at Wagers. These old C&O signals dot the line alon... (more)

Units ready to depart on a NB train at a place that used to be a great little "backwoods" train watching site.

A loaded coal train departs Seaboard System (former L&N) Ravenna Yard.

This was Valhalla for Alcos in those days. They had a huge yard and it was really isolated from the beaten path. Even my Dad, who wasn't a railfan, liked to watch the switchers rev up, whistle, ... (more)

L&N SDP35 #1223 resting at Ravenna, KY with SD40-2 #8081 || October 1980

The end of steam on the L&N was near when Baldwin M-1 1962 (one of 42 engines in that class, nicknamed "Big Emmas" by their crews) takes on coal at Ravenna after being turned. This was a Cincinnat... (more)