Back when the old back track (nearest to camera) was in place the local is doing some switching as the crew decorates the front.

Between East Drive and North Church the former N&W followed the narrow confines of the Middle Fork of the Holston River, at this point just a large creek, more or less. Sharp curves before and af... (more)

Back when the EB local ran in daylight it was passing the little Methodist Church in this tiny former "tank town". Alas my foreground tree is no more.