With small amounts of snow still on the ground on this frigid day, the West Local heads directly into the golden glow of the late afternoon sun on it’s way to Loudon, TN with an unusually long tra... (more)

Norfolk Southern's 201 stack train makes a rare daylight appearance in Knoxville following the Christmas holiday. It has just crossed the CSX at the diamond at Willoughby and is proceeding west to... (more)

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.

The Present The Knoxville & Holston River's River Train #103 finishes its run outbound from Knoxville. Approaching Marbledale, it will interchange with the #102, which services the I... (more)

The Past Washington & Lincolnton #203 brings the 4pm run of the Three Rivers Rambler across the namesake Three Rivers Trestle at last light.

Southern Railway #154 works the grade up the last stretch of the outbound trip into Marbledale.

Slippin' and fightin' the grade after a stop a short ways back, the Southern Railway #154 works its way towards Marbledale after a morning of rain showers.

A Warm Winter Solstice On a balmy (72 degrees!) winter day, Southern 154 gets to stretch its legs on a Three Rivers Rambler run.

Ex-Washington & Lincolnton #203 backs across Three Rivers Trestle after sunset, running solo behind the return trip to Knoxville (powered by Chattanooga Traction Co. #4).

The Three Rivers Rambler's 1pm excursion crosses the Three Rivers Trestle. The Holston river runs under the bridge, converging with the French Broad River (flowing from the right) to form the Tenn... (more)

On the train's namesake trestle, which crosses over the Holston River within sight of its confluence with the French Broad to form the Tennessee, the Three Rivers Rambler brings a Santa train into... (more)

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)

Northbound empty coal with interesting power. It displays all three of the latest CSX paint schemes. With an AC6000 leading, to boot!

15T is heading west out of Knoxville behind NS 9175, and has just crossed the CSX at the Willoughby diamond.

The West Knoxville yard switcher pulls clear of the yard and onto the main, before reversing back into the yard and onto a different track. Leading is a former GP30 that has been converted into a ... (more)