Leaning precariously, a grain elevator switcher sits just off the main awaiting Monday morning and work.

Veteran conductor extraordinaire Dale Long throws the derail prior to U24 pulling out from Eckman Yard. The new, shiny AC power was just delivered and will soon join the other horseheads on the Po... (more)

Ducking under the huge iron shroud from the steam days, a fast freight tops Elkhorn Grade and enters the mile long tunnel at dusk.

An RJ Corman crew uses battered NS power to load at the National Coal Baldwin coal prep plant. The New River plant currently loads one unit train a week destined for Georgia Power and should begin... (more)

A UP unit train heads to the Black Thunder loadout at Nacco Junction while a BNSF helper set idles away. Another helper set is just to the right, out of the frame on the busy PRB. The Jacobs Ranch... (more)

The wheelsets are destined for the coal hopper in the background, where the brake was left tied down. Note they are marked Knoxville for the John Sevier Yard. Go to pic 262821 for that dreaded res... (more)

Crew change on the Jellico Branch. A very "friendly" crew mounts their horse as the redbuds announce the beginning of Spring in the mountains.

Chessie System caboose 904107 still doing duty on a work train tied up at the Lafollette station.

A freshly painted and yet battered SD40-2 smokes southbound out of the Hickory Creek #2 tunnel.

Due to a prolonged drought, most of Norris Lake is dry as Q540 crosses the Cove Creek trestle enroute to a meet at south Kilsyth with a loaded coal drag. The move was over 6500 feet long, odd for ... (more)

R.J. Cormans tunnel motor does switching work in the last rays of sunlight for Georgia Pacifics Mt. Hope plant.

Backing up to load at Jamboree 5 on the Delorem Branch, the caboose has just entered Kentucky with the power and mtys still in WV across the Tug Fork river. Fitting that the conductor is sporting ... (more)

So shiny you can see reflections in the paint, Operation Lifesaver Special 975 is shown in a closeup after arriving back from Kenova Yard.

NS unit train with a crisp, freshly painted lead engine idles at Cane Patch Mining waits for the clear before hitting the Clinch Valley. This was the third crew to board the train since loading tw... (more)

Crawling under the hood, a worker labors to keep an old Whiting trackmobile operational.