After stopping at Rugby Road a couple of miles back, 52G is already back up to speed, as it rolls thru the CP at Glen Mary.
The crew has 113 really wound up as they round the curve at the Intermediate signal at MP 219.9. The trailing SD70 was completely drowning out the toaster in the lead.
167 southbound, approaching the signal at CP Cross in the early morning light.
"Running Southern style". Under the symbol 90T, a single light engine runs long hood forward across the Clinch River into Clinton in the early morning hours. This unit was heading... (more)
K221 is rolling southbound approaching the "Pusher Shack" in the small hamlet of Morley, TN, behind a matched set of UP 5900 series GEs. CSX keeps a manned helper stationed here to assis... (more)
X541 is struggling, and dropping speed quickly as the crew try to coax the long, heavy train up Duff Mountain with only the two lead units online. At this point, they were down to almost single di... (more)
Southbound ethanol loads pass by the former location of the L&N station at Lafollette. The site now serves as a base of operations for MOW personnel.
The daily Cincinnati to Jacksonville juice/intermodal knocks down the signal at MP 237.2, as it rockets through the town of Lake City (now called Rocky Top).
A scene which is repeated (usually) several times a week. Grain loads bound for Tate & Lyle in Loudon, TN sit tied down in Knoxville, awaiting a new crew to complete the journey.
For the second time in the span of a week, I was able to catch 15T against the backdrop of the Southern Railway depot in downtown Knoxville. This time however, the weather cooperated better, with ... (more)
Amid a sea of MOW equipment, 132 comes into downtown Knoxville, heading toward Sevier Yard.
Under threatening skies, 15T coasts westbound past the old Southern Railway depot in downtown Knoxville.
In the early morning hours on a very chilly day, NS 29W rolls north behind an SD60 rebuild, and a CSX AC4400.
With a cloud of coal dust following the train, 724 flies through Helenwood.
117 is flat "hauling the mail" as it speeds through the small community of Winfield, TN, just a couple miles south of the TN/KY state line.
