Knocking down the signal, coal drag U466 leaves Lake City, formerly known as Coal Creek. I've yet to get used to the paint on these MACs.

Locked up, NS 77G has been idling for hours on the Jellico Branch after loading a unit train the night before. After a fresh crew taxis in, it'll be all downhill to Clinton and then John Sevier Ya... (more)

Trains don't stay at Oakdale Yard for long, and these two southbounders will be pulling out for Harriman in short order. Oakdale Yard is nestled in the Obed river valley between Harriman and Oneid... (more)

Pulling out after a crew change at the Oakdale Yard, a typically faded SD70 heads downhill to Harriman.

What a long strange trip it's been. Crewmember disembarks at Oakdale Yard after a journey south on the Rathole. Within minutes a fresh crew will pull out, wasting no time on this busy stretch of N... (more)

A bright and shiny NS 167 pops out of Tunnel 23 and crosses the Emory River, which enters the Obed to the left. The ventilation cuts are reminiscent of tunnels of the Great West.

Dwarfing a gunite concrete crew relining the tunnel, NS 229 roars out of Nemo Tunnel into the final rays of sun, deep within the Emory River gorge.

With the rear of the train amongst the hills of Virginia and another state, autorack 25N has entered TN and is making it's way toward Knoxville. Thx. to Dustin Grizzle for the headsup and local gu... (more)

Q539 eases south just below Lake City, formerly known as Coal Creek before Norris Dam was constructed. The house or storage track on the right has a manufacture date of 1922, the oldest I've seen ... (more)

25N idles away in the Bristol yard in halves, soon to block State Street while rebuilding the train and heading to Knoxville.

NS V19 with a rare GP59 begins the long task of building a train. Thanks to my daughter Laurel for assistance on this shot.

With the sun in his eyes, a brakeman directs V19 forward as they build a train in the yard on this blustery morning. The brakeman had to throw the switch for over an hour as the power moved on the... (more)

Always parked under the overpass at the old Clinton depot, a high hood and another older engine sit out the holidays. Both are used for local industrial work and to run the Jellico Branch to Royal... (more)

Warranty expiration 11/1/01 and still doing heavy shoving work on the coal grades. From the looks of the stains, one of the crew must be a tobacco chewer.

Conrail led coal drag 81M slows to a crawl as it approaches the summit at Bandy, crossing over Trace Branch several times enroute. On the rear is a pusher set, needed on this trip to Cedar Bluff a... (more)