The signal nearest to us falls from green to red as V82 heads out of town.

The 4270 leads the OCS ferry move into the siding at Portersville, as viewed from the front yard of an abandoned farm house.

Before dawn on a Sunday morning, the 203 slowly builds steam pressure at the engine shed in downtown Knoxville. Ahead lies a day of Christmas Express trips on the Three Rivers Rambler.

Southbound OCS deadhead move pounds the diamond where the AGS crosses the Alabama & Tennessee River line up to Guntersville (former L&N/NC&StL).

Shay 6 wakes up the neighborhood as it leads its train over the Tygart River early in the morning. The train is making its way down to the depot to board passengers for the epic return trip to Cas... (more)

One of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's former US Army GP7s is the power for today's Missionary Ridge jaunts.

Having just filled the tender with water, engineer Chris Starnes lifts the water spout back up to the tank while Jeff Parrott observes.

RJ Corman's F-units lead the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train through the quaint community of Deatsville as they make their way from Bardstown to Clermont.

After letting passengers off at the convenience store in the background, the 152 pulls down to the siding where it will run around the train for the trip back to New Haven. Notice the tree trunk a... (more)

Volunteers of the North Alabama Railroad Museum work to remove a tree that has fallen across the tracks. Time to break out the chainsaw!

After running from North Little Rock to Van Buren in less-than-stellar weather conditions, the 844 was displayed west of the yard for the evening. Somehow the clouds, and the crowds, parted for a ... (more)

Having completed their chores in Guntersville, ATN's M715 switcher climbs into Albertville, where it will switch more customers before continuing on to Gadsden.

AMTK 145, recently painted in a commemorative Phase III retro scheme for Amtrak's 40th anniversary, leads the southbound Crescent into downtown Birmingham.

H&MC's only locomotive (ex-Everett RR 8933 / CR 8933 / LV 282) heads to the south end of the line to retrieve some covered hoppers from storage. Freight car storage is an important source of incom... (more)