That must be one hot car of woodchips! Well, as a matter of fact, it is. Knoxville & Cumberland Gap Railroad (KXCG) is one of RJ Corman's newest operations, assuming operations of two separate NS... (more)

NS T35 rolls upgrade into the growing shadows of the Cumberland Mountains for a night of work.

NS T99 brings a cut of 55 wood chip loads south from Royal Blue on the Jellico Branch. This as-needed local is passing the former National Coal loadout at Turley, now utilized by a logging company... (more)

Two log flats, loaded and ready to be shipped to the Kykenkee lumber mill in Vance, AL. The John Deere knuckleboom loader has made short work of the two flats, which will be picked up by a NS crew... (more)

On an old weather worn woodchip hopper, a shippers tag shows that the contents came from the Royal Blue chipmill. The mill currently owned by International Paper was once the site of a huge coal o... (more)

In a heavy downpour, unit train 77G has just loaded the first cut of coal and is headed to the weigh in motion scales. NS always used six engines coming from John Sevier yard, loading and taking b... (more)

With a group of company execs looking on, an NS crew prepares to begin loading black diamonds at the National Coal Turley loadout.

Leading the way with three motors, NS 606 slowly idles a string of mtys under the busy frontend loaders.

A frontend loader gets down as it loads a Top Gon. Not seen very often, this style of loading coal in Appalachia is very expensive due to fuel costs though is a necessity when there are no loadout... (more)

Rusting quickly after being delivered from the Knoxville shop, NS will be replace a couple of wheelsets after leaving a brake on from John Sevier to Turley. The small shed in the rear houses the e... (more)

Loading coal the hard way with frontend loaders. The old loadout has fallen into disrepair behind the stockpile and beltlines.

Seen many of these? Built in Aug. of 1934 and with two axles and weighing 80,000 lbs, this ancient scale test car still plies the rails in coal country. Amazing. It'll be used next week by the USD... (more)

Crawling out of a sump, the first half of 77G prepares to weigh in motion at the scalehouse and then smoke it downhill for 47 miles to John Sevier yard with 52 loaded coal hoppers. Power for the s... (more)

With power for the second cut idling in the middle siding, the first half creeps forward as wheel loaders do their job to the rear.

How to thaw out a frozen switch in nine degree weather, Take three fusees, a five gallon bucket of diesel, old shop rags, and....dedicated hard workers to say the least.