With a friendly wave from the crew, Q542 and it's hodgepodge of freight cars heads north after passing a coal drag at Chaska. Q542 will pass Kopper Glo minerun U466 at Savoy before reaching Corbin... (more)

A mixed freight crosses Hickory Creek enroute to Corbin Yard after being held up for hours by three southbounds.

Pusher set SJ50 drifts west after pushing a coal drag over the Elkhorn Grade and thru the tunnel. The set will continue it's day picking up another at Farm and repeating the shove.

Mty coal gondolas pulled by lead engine 645 head north, back to the coalfields of KY. The gons have alot of reinforcing ribs, something not visible from ground level.

An ex-CR unit pops out of the east portal of Glen Alum tunnel while following the many curves of the Tug Fork river and valley on the Pokey.

Being called a beast by crew and trains on each siding, 132 car long Q539 rumbles south and gains speed for Duff Mountain. It will still need the helper crew, normally used for coal only.

Watco power sits on the NCRR, just off the NS main at Oneida on this bright winter day. The 42 mile line runs from Oneida to the National Coal prep plant at Devonia, TN.

Emerging from Hickory Creek #1 tunnel into a sea of Fall foliage, this mixed freight begins it's assault over a tough grade below Jellico. The colors are still clinging to the sandstone bluffs alo... (more)

Tied down in a snowstorm, a unit train dwarfs a huge Cat truck used in the stripmines above.

Westbound with DPUs still attached, NS 891 streaks thru Glen Alum tunnel. Dogwoods provide a touch of white above the portal along this remote and underestimated stretch of the Pokey.

Having just left a little slice of Pike County, KY, fast freight 18M hits WV soil again and the first rays of early morning sun in the Tug Fork Valley.

A coal drag heading east exits Glen Alum tunnel, enroute to Iaeger Yard and more service up a remote branchline.

The nearly full moon glows behind a set of cantilever CPLs along the Tug Fork river. Better shoot all you can as these are quickly disappearing from Vulcan to Panther.

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)

After pushing one up the Grade, this pusher set heads back to Farm to repeat the job all over again.