TTI 5911 shoves a set of loaded rock cars into the yard tracks at the Maysville Dumper next to the Ohio River
With permission from the farmer, and friend and I hiked up the hill at Strodes Run in time to see the 60 car TTI rock train roll down the first part of the near 2% grade as they descend into the r... (more)
On a pleasant afternoon, TTI ran a record setting 151-car empty coal and limestone hopper train from Maysville to Paris, Kentucky with five B36-7s for power. They are seen here flying over their r... (more)
Rock loads from Mt. Vernon, Ky. back towards the crossovers at Maysville before heading back east to the loading facility.
After pulling out onto the CSX mainline at Maysville, the pushers now lead the train for the short journey to the coal facility in Maysville. Much has changed in the past 5 years-- the U36Bs are ... (more)
ex P&LE 2820
ex BN 5458, nee CB&Q 114
ex BN 5458, nee CB&Q 114. TTIS is the railroad's correct reporting mark, not TTI.
ex BN 5453, nee CB&Q 109
ex RI 252
A WB mixed freight meets its a similar train on the bucolic ex-C&O River Line along the Ohio.
Old warriors. The ex-BN unit was being moved around to be painted the next day.
The sun is dropping into the western horizon as we catch a last shot of the TTI train on the north track meeting a westbound CSX unit coal train.
We considered this one a great catch. I've hardly ever seen on of the ex-BN on the front of anything, much less in this paint scheme. Fortunately this one was working the dumper.
