A mixed freight lumbers east out of the seldom seen east portal of Coopers Tunnel on the Pokey. The icicles tell a story of bitterly cold temps and heavy snow over the last few days that had the r... (more)

The bay window has been altered into a bayless version on this Chessie System caboose, still wearing it's B&O lineage.

CSX minerun U466 crosses Straight Creek just a few hundred yards from the Kopper Glo loadout, where it'll take over six hours to load a unit train destined for Georgia Power. The train has travele... (more)

Mixed freight Q539 hustles by the waiting helper and old coaling tower at Chaska on the KD Sub. Coal and the occasional grain train are all that require a shove over the mountain.

Riding the rails. An RJ Corman crewmember serving as brakeman backs the rear of a 76 car unit train under the loadout. The rail is being extended to hold 108 cars in the near future.

Leaning into the curve at the remote village of Mohegan, pusher set J51 heads east to Farm to assist a coal drag up the Elkhorn Grade. This bridge will also undergo changes due to the Heartland Co... (more)

Typical of the Pokey, grain train 52V pops out of beautifully named Laurel Tunnel and immediately crosses a bridge.

Complete with NS brakestick and American flag, coal drag 81W bursts out of Glen Alum tunnel and runs along the slide fence.

Passing over Peter Creek, U15 backs up to Jamboree and the Majestic Collieries coal loadout for the second unit train in two days. A caboose is on the "head" leading the backup move.

Crawling out of the swag below the Duff Mountain grade, an engineer who's apparently extremely glad to see me works toward Lafollette and the end of the Cumberland Mountains.

An old high hood still putting coal trains together in Eckman Yard after all these years. Better get them while you can.

The crew for the F units climbs aboard on a windy, frosty morning in the Knoxville Yard.

Not one, but two old C39-8s led this coal drag between Norton and St. Paul on the Clinch Valley. This one appears to have been in a wreck and is the worse for wear.

Better look fast, as the face of Roderfield Tunnel will soon be changing when the Heartland Corridor project gets underway. On the other side equipment is being staged for the work. This was a pus... (more)

Tied down in a snowstorm, loaner BNSF motors hold back a unit train already loaded and headed down to Weller Yard.