Under the cover of night, one of the final northbound through movements on the Clinchfield breaks the silence in Dante, passing the iconic Baptist Church. This section of the Clinchfield has since... (more)

A northbound extra movement rolls across Boone's Creek Trestle on the CSX KP Sub. This section of the former Clinchfield Railroad was truncated and many jobs were cut on the day I paid a visit, le... (more)

15T rolls along the riverfront in Farragut, TN with westbound manifest 15T. The fall colors are at peak in the Knoxville area.

A loaded coal train on TTI rolls north out of Paris, KY bound for the dumper in Maysville.

TTI heads south along the Ohio River in Maysville, KY.

One of CSX's new Tier 4 deliveries from GE idles on the head of Q540 before switching the West Knoxville Yard.

A southbound rolls under one of two final Southern Railway searchlight signal bridges at Delaplain.

A loaded coal train is down to a crawl as it emerges from the third tunnel on the KD going south before crossing over Hickory Creek. The manned helper from Morley was put onto the back of the trai... (more)

The former ATSF searchlights still stand tall on the Glorieta and Raton Subs in New Mexico, but not for much longer. There is an active replacement project in effect on the line, which no longer s... (more)

An NS manifest heads west alongside the French Broad River, nearing Newport, TN. The railway follows the river through the mountains, and is actually a key reason that the river is still beautiful... (more)

A KXHR freight heads upgrade past the campus of the University of Tennessee on a warm summer's day.

K-36 #489 and its train are curving their way out of the Chama Valley on the upgrade run on Cumbres Pass.

K-36 #489 is making a beautiful noise as it pulls its passenger train upgrade through Coxo and out of the Chama Valley. In a short while, the train will round Windy Point and pull in to Cumbres, t... (more)

The daily train out of Chama is climbing on the final ascent to the summit of Cumbres Pass, rounding Windy Point on a gorgeous day in Southwestern Colorado.

D&RGW K-27 #463 rolls off the Lobato Trestle with a photo freight on a summer afternoon. While this is one of two K-27s in operation (the other being in Michigan), #463 is the only one left in its... (more)