There is only one place that you can still find high hood B23-7s in regular operation and it was great to catch two of them in the same scene. Here, the 3x per week Rockwood turn builds its train ... (more)
The Franklin Industrial Minerals train pulls out of the plant at Crab Orchard to head for the interchange at Rockwood on a bright, sunny day in early fall. All three of the active B23s can can be ... (more)
Lhoist North America sponsored Employee Specials from their plant location in Crab Orchard, TN to Rockwood, TN the first Saturday in November. Passenger equipment was provided by the Southern App... (more)
With 24 loads for the NS at Rockwood, Lhoist North America 3043 leads two GE's over one of the many wooden trestles along the former Tennessee Central line.
Coming out of the mines at Crab Orchard, a short six car train creeps along the old rails with an ex-Southern B23-7 in the lead. It has a long trip ahead of it to the interchange and a big grade t... (more)
A former Southern B23-7 leads the Friday version of the Franklin Industrial local to Rockwood across First Trestle on the former Tennessee Central under the bright morning Tennessee sun
The tri-weekly Rockwood turn departs homebase of Crab Orchard as they bring 15 cars toward its destination of the NS interchange in Rockwood
Former Southern Railway GE B23-7 #4023 sits at Lhoist North America's facility in Crab Orchard, TN. as storms move out of the area.
Lhoist's eastbound run to Rockwood crosses one of the several wooden bridges on the old Tennessee Central
The Lhoist train returns to Crab Orchard after picking up a cut of empties from NS at Rockwood.
The Rockwood turn returns westbound up the former Tennessee Central mainline, crossing the last high wooden trestle before Crab Orchard.
Leased GP38-2 2171 leads a B23-7 on the morning run from Crab Orchard to Rockwood on Lhoist North America's former Tennessee Central line.
FIMX 4021 and friend are parked up at Crab Orchard.TN. on a Sunday in October 2008.
The daily turn to Rockwood returns to Crab Orchard with a cut of empties, crossing one of this line's former Tennessee Central wooden trestles. Beware of things yellow on this line.. be they lease... (more)
FIMX's twin former-Southern Railway B23-7s prepare a train to head east to the NS interchange at Rockwood
