The Knoxville & Holston River's River Train switches the cement plant along Neyland Drive on the train's way back to the railroad's yard at Coster.

A local couple walks on and completely ignores the GE 65tonner pulling ingots from the upper plant to the lower plant with a shy conductor covering his face. These moves will be ending in the futu... (more)

SD70M-2 leads a coal drag by an active river loadout headed east towards the Pokey. The loadout (Argus Energy) seen to the left is slated to close December 27, a victim of coal's lesser role in t... (more)

The Virginian Heritage Unit leads NS 592, a loaded coal train from Shire Oaks, PA, as it crosses over the Susquehanna River on the NEC. It's headed for the Consol coal pier in Baltimore, MD.

A SD40-2 leads an empty autorack train with conductor David Weathers

WSSB Z547 approaches Midway shortly after departing Bill yard.

The Santa Train makes its way through the small Russell county town of Dante, past the Union Baptist Church as it prepares for another stop.

Three Durham & Southern Baldwins are working hard into Coats, NC on a cold, blustery late winter day in March 1969.

The Santa Train is about to enter the S-cure tunnel at McClure, with its next stop at Dante around a half-hour away.

The Santa Train soars over Copper Creek and the far shorter Norfolk Southern bridge.

With the last rays of the November sun fading quickly, the crew of this rail grinder have parked and shutdown their equipment for the night in the siding just west of Willoughby. The next day, the... (more)

The southbound Auto Train is being prepared for departure. The passenger portion of the train is behind two P40s while the loaded auto carriers are assembled on another track to be added to the r... (more)

A work train dropping ballast iis nice. It goes slow, backs up sometimes, like a chartered runby for free. I like those red lights. I think the FRA should mandate them.

I remember saying to myself "I'm glad I caught this thing, it won't last long." Here an ex-N&W GP18 waddles along at a hazardous 5-10 MPH. Now embargoed, despite the political wrangling I doubt w... (more)

Louisville, KY to Columbia, SC autoracks cross over Running Water Creek and Interstate 24 while climbing out of the Tennessee River Valley.