Franklin Industrial Minerals 4023 and 3138, now painted for parent company Lhoist North America, lead loads down the mountain to the NS interchange at Rockwood.

The FIMX road train crosses one of the largest and most obscure trestles on the railroad on its way back to Rockwood. The railroad is filled with high wooden trestles like this and is a must for a... (more)

On another great fall day in Tennessee, Franklin Industrial Minerals attractive B23-7's ease their way downgrade towards the interchange in Rockwood, crossing one of the lines many wooden trestles... (more)

Franklin Industrial Minerals 4023 leads a short mixed local eastbound across the newly converted wood to steel trestle in Ozone, TN.

Franklin Minerals Rockwood turn at Ozone.

Eastbound through Ozone on the Franklin Minerals.

FIMX B23-7s 3138 and 4023 lead their train through Ozone in March '09.

It’s a slow go across the bridge at Ozone; the eastbound has stopped all work below with most of the workers watching the train above.

Eastbound FIMX turn job wakes up the small town of Ozone at 7:55am as it makes its way to the NS intechange at Rockwood, TN.

Two Franklin Industrial Minerals B23-7’s slowly cross a bridge near Ozone, TN on their eastbound trip to Rockwood.

Small railroad, really big bridge, part II. Two Franklin Industrial Minerals B23-7's have the morning train in tow for the Norfolk Southern interchange in Rockwood. Getting to this spot involved a... (more)

Heading west the Rockwood turn crosses marshy springs that make up Fall Creek while passing through the Crab Orchard Mountains.

Three FIMX B23-7s (two ex-NS, one ex-CSX) engage in a bit of "GE cha-cha" as they pass Ozone, TN on the former Tennessee Central. Fuji Astia 100, Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 50mm f1.8