NS 55A empty grain train heads north towards Nemo, TN on a clear spring evening.

This photo is just one of those that brings back memories to me. My grandfather's name was Ted Ragan. He is the man that I looked up to as a small boy, my role model, my entire world at the time. ... (more)

After a 37 hour stint tied down on a side track in Knoxville, a mixed freight heads west behind a rather flashy visitor. Union Pacific 1982, the Missouri Pacific heritage SD70ACe, is pulling this ... (more)

One of the newest, cleanest, and shiniest CSX locomotives is getting its hands dirty on the point of a loaded phosphate train.

The Missouri Pacific heritage SD70ACe sits on the bicycle track in Bearden, just west of Willoughby Interlocking in Knoxville, Tennessee. This train had a plethora of problems including a boxcar l... (more)

A good old widecab GE from the Conrail days leads a heavy NS manifest west towards the NS A Line to Knoxville. The train's three locomotives are struggling to pull the entire 9,980 foot train up t... (more)

KXHR 4 sits quietly on a humid summer evening after a long weekend of photo charters.

The quiet idle of a solo Tier 4 EMD breaks the silence at Morley as the local crew makes a run for Corbin, KY.

A YN3 GE AC4400CW leads an empty grain train north past the doll-arm searchlight at South Singleton.

My first attempt at a long exposure shot. It happened to include a captivating sunset, signals of Southern Railway heritage, and of course, a train! A northbound rack train rumbles through the qui... (more)

A northbound CSX ballast train parallels Alcoa Highway between Singleton and Vestal on the KD Subdivision.

I had almost all but forgot about this photo, but I don't know how. This was one of my favorite photos from 2014, taken on my one day trip north on the CSX KD with a fellow photographer. Here we s... (more)

One of 10 remaining high hood SD40-2s prepares for a night of work at Pomona Yard.

Finding the only non-backlit spot on the whole West End District was hard, but worth showing off the unpatched nose of the Ex-Southern Pacific GE leader.

A loaded southbound grain train sits tied down at Baxter Avenue in downtown Knoxville. The Lehigh Valley ES44AC led this train south through Indiana and Ohio before the SD70 was placed on the poin... (more)