Near the confluence where the Clinch River, the Holston River and the French Broad River unite to form the mighty Tennessee our photo freight gingerly treads its way over the line’s most impress... (more)
With former Southern Railway 2387 sitting on the Jailhouse siding, 2241 reverses down the Knoxville River Belt Line 'main' with a cut of empty rebar gondolas for CMC.
With a single load of lumber for Tindell's and 25 loads of highway salt destined for Burkhart Industries on the drawbar, MP15DC's Nº. 2391 and 2377 raise hell as Austin eases them upgrade towards... (more)
With a train of empties built by job 102 at Forks of the River, 103 snakes downgrade though the hills of east Tennessee towards milepost 9 on a section of almost year old continuous welded rail (C... (more)
With school finally over for the summer and motors perfectly juxtaposed on the ‘jailhouse’ siding and mainline in Lonsdale, last night provided a wonderful opportunity to dust off the speedlit... (more)
Former CNW SW1 1269, and ex US Steel MP15DC 2002 rest silently, framed by industrial scenes of Tamko paper–waiting for action bright and early Monday morning.
With 9 loads of ‘fluff’ scrap from PSC metals in Asbury sitting on the mainline, Rick eases 103 and it’s matching pair of G&O painted motors down the Buzzi Unicem spur to spot cement loads.
DJ Romine, Mark Ragan, and Mike Parks bring KXHR 101 north through Tyson Park with rebar empties and the ‘original’ 2391 on point.
Knoxville & Holston switcher 2313 is with Lancaster & Chester GP40 2273 at the Knoxville Locomotive works yard and shops. Photo taken with permission.
102 works PSC metals in Asbury.
2391 rests silently on the Coster house track after receiving slight battery repairs the week prior.
After pulling into–and setting off half of the 35+ CMC Ameristeel cars into Coster, 101 prepares to grab 17 remaining rebar loads off of the 'hill' before breaking down inbound interchange cars ... (more)