Corbin maybe. Hope you labeled your slides. I missed this one.

Passing the athletic fields of venerable Emory & Henry College this intermodal is in beautiful sunshine, a rare commodity around here of late. This the most due East-west spot on the line around ... (more)

Ready to assault NS’s Starkey Hill alone with 60 some odd coal loads this visitor looks up to the task. It was quite a chase. Apparently the test was successful.

Hustling, and I mean hustling west, the second job of the days is headed to the huge kaolin plant at the end of the line, passing the only non-industrial building for miles, a thriving little chur... (more)

Looking like it’s departing southbound this slugset is actually soaring high over the Tennessee River using the former L&N main as a switching lead for the small yard nestled up again the Universi... (more)

Looking toylike climbing upgrade over the massive concrete structure a westbound train of covered hopper eases along, riding high.

For some reason I’m partial to low numbers, single units, etc. Must be a steam fan born too late. Great day out with Felix Freeman and Tom Sink. Here a bunch of empties head north to the coalfi... (more)

Looks like somebody stole a three chime from a neighbor. Must have sounded great. I sure miss these but orange will have to do.

Looking faded but classy in this old scheme this unit was doing some industrial switching. And Dig those markers.

Sitting in the snow by the old Giant Grocery warehouse. Photo by F. David Petke. From my collection.

Just another day back in the day. My slide says Hagerstown but somehow it makes me thing Connellsville.

The closest I thought I would ever get to an FTB is this repurposed derelict. Looking at the connections I suspect this might have earlier been a Locotrol receiver car. Arguably the most histori... (more)

As the harbingers of spring timidly peek out from their buds, a light drizzle falls from chilly clouds cloaking the steep ridges south of the former Southern as this westbound local descends the ... (more)

Yes Virginia, locomotives do lean, to one degree or another.