Preparing the Return Trip. After delivering the loaded limestone cars to the NS Interchange with the HH B23-7 leading, the crew hooks up to the empties for the return trip to Crab Orchard.... (more)

Coal on the Way! CSX stretches through town with load of coal from Evansville, IN for Santee Cooper’s Cross Generatimg Station in Pineville, SC.

Outbound over the Tuckaseegee. The GSMR Veterans' Unit pulls the day's train, including the Moonshine Outing, over the Tuckaseegee River.

The Marines are Here! For its 60th anniversary, one of the events was the presentation of a reenactment of a shootout in the early 1920s, when the Marines were assigned to guard trains aft... (more)

Out of the Darkness. The ex-SOU B23-7 emerges from the tunnel in the background with the ... contraption in the foreground. I gather this device is used to work on the tunnel when necessar... (more)

Almost Ready. The TVRM has been restoring this E8 for a number of years, but I understand it is nearing completion with mainly some electrical work to be done on it. Here, it sits at Grand... (more)

High Hood on a High Bridge. Led by a former SOU High Hood GE, the Lhoist limestone train heads east from Crab Orchard to Rockwood over this old and high wooden bridge.

Dinner's Over. This gorgeous locomotive returns with the evening dinner train during the TVRM Southern Diesel Night Shoot. It stopped for literally 1 minute to pose for us before pulling t... (more)

Diesels of the Night. In celebration of its 60th Anniversary, the TVRM had a night shoot with its Southern diesels. Here, three of those diesels pose along with the TAG 80 that the museum ... (more)

Bridging Time Zones. The Lhoist limestone train crosses the Piney Creek Bridge, otherwise known as the Timezone or Timeline Bridge because this is the boundary between Central Time and Eas... (more)

Returning to the Depot. The SOU 4501 runs through the woods near the TVRM as it returns from Missionary Ridge and approaches the depot at Barber Junction.

Blowing Off Steam. In preparation for pulling one of the day's trains to Missionary Ridge, this Southern Mikado blows a little steam at the depot as it prepares to run the wye and head wes... (more)

Returning to the Yard. With a beautiful mountain backdrop, T59 passes Lake Junuluska on its way back to the BLU yard in Canton, NC. It has just finished working the Evergreen facility near... (more)

Yard Work in Canton. > After T59 leaves for Waynesville on Saturday, the BLU SD40s begin building a train for Asheville, though they won't depart for Asheville that day. Here, the units cro... (more)

Not Quite Fall. Based on the fall color projection maps, I planned a trip to Waynesville to hopefully catch the BLU locals with fall colors as a backdrop. However, the leaves haven’t qui... (more)