Worktrain W772 is returning light to Corbin after dropping off mty tie gons at the Lafollette Yard. Mother slug 2216 up front carries the crew toward Morley tunnel on this blustery, snowy day.

Up close study of a common rail weld. Even with ribbon rail, eventually a weld must be made and then ground smooth.

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

Dwarf signal where the Gilbert Branch turns off the Pocahontas main. A Luna moth has an attraction to the red lens for some reason!

Leaning sharply into the curve, NS 9957 is dwarfed by the huge coaling tower still standing at Farm.

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.

And you thought all these were gone. A B30-7 looking like she's got one foot in the grave does bridgework during a blitz on the KD Sub. The ol' gal must have five layers of paint on her, if not mo... (more)

Of blue and steel... coal hopper mtys are backed up under the loading silo and will be ready for loading in the moring at Middlesboro Minings loadout. For decades the operation was known as Appolo... (more)

Heading north to refuel from a tanker at Morley, helper engine C212 glides silently thru Hickory Creek tunnel.

Showing the scars of time, an ex-Conrail unit does duty in the coalfields of Appalachia for NS.

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

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)

Deep within the confines of the Hickory Creek gorge, Q539 pulls a hodgepodge of flats, cars, and tankers thru the #2 tunnel. One has to wonder how this line was chiseled thru rock over a hundred y... (more)

Clouds of dust and rock are kicked up by a westbound at Roderfield tunnel, evidence of heavy tunnel work inside. The Heartland Corridor project is advancing quickly over the Pokey.

Sun is limited in the confines of the Hickory Creek gorge, as Q539 bursts thru the darkness of Tunnel #1 and crosses the creek enroute to Chaska and the grade to Kilsyth.