An SD40 shoves local A81, along with two SD40-2s, towards the river track on a clear Saturday afternoon.
The track ahead (and the photographer) are seen in the reflector of locomotive 509's headlight.
The restored former Tennessee Central depot in Cookeville, Tennessee - a destination for many of the TC Railway Museum excursions.
Restored track speeder C-3 sits on an old diamond, in the shadows of the famous Cream City sign.
Certainly an uncommon sight - seeing a train through a viaduct. The tracks used to be on the embankment the viaduct runs under, but after Southern abandoned the line, they removed the bridges on o... (more)
Hartford & Slocomb 913 is on display, inoperable.
The first horsehead-scheme locomotive I've seen in daylight, and it's been wrecked! Note frame and running board damage around fuel filler.
Shortly after leaving Debutts Yard, NS SD40-2 3325 is back, but with a few cars in tow.
Old meets new as a Norfolk Southern train powered by a GE C40-9W diesel-electric locomotive passes our train, powered by a 1954 Baldwin 2-8-0.
Well, it's part of SSW 8372, anyway.
The late afternoon sun highlights the AAR Type A switcher trucks and the small fuel tanks, hallmarks of the ex-US Army Transportation Corps GP7L.
Southbound approaching the diamond.
Crossing over the CSX mainline - one truck on each side of the diamond.
Southbound by the Cowan Depot (well worth a visit), charging uphill towards the Cowan Tunnel. Two CSX AC4400CWs are on the rear pushing.