L&N 1309 in the West Knoxville yard in 1973.

Amtrak's northbound Silver Star passes over the RF&P's James River Branch enroute to Broad Street Station during construction of the new downtown Richmond 195 expressway.

After Southern's 1974 take over of the "old NS" the Baldwins were rounded up and sent to Chattanooga to have any remaining fuel removed from their tanks before they were sold off.

CWCY 1811 snakes around some buildings while doing some switching.

Always parked under the overpass at the old Clinton depot, a high hood and another older engine sit out the holidays. Both are used for local industrial work and to run the Jellico Branch to Royal... (more)

With DODX (radioactive material) train 057 safely stopped on the mainline at Kite, NS 9005 leads eastbound freight 38Q through the siding.

Bicentennial fever permeated the thinking of the day. Not only did NW have a bicentennial locomotive, they had a bicentennial coal hopper AND a bicentennial truck trailer, as seen here.

8671 pulls a hopper train east while Hulcher Services clears an overnight derailment in Roanoke Yard.

A former Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company center cab sits on the overgrown track of Sims Metal America on the old Deepwater Terminal Railroad. Having not seen use since this was a Peck... (more)

Sometime in the 70s, an ex-CofG classic.

One of those wonderful mixed up helper strings at the engine house.

RF&P engine #2 is switching the yard next to the hump at Potomac Yard in Alexandria, Virginia, in October of 1982. The cantenary wires are for the Pennsy electrics that haven't visited this yard ... (more)

The Cycle Systems switcher hangs over a road after it rolled out of the Scrapyard and down the hill at 30MPH. 2907 is an ex-N&W that until recently wore N&W paint.

The towers and lightpoles of DeButts Yard and Lookout Mountain dominate the background as NS 2403 drags a cut of cars out of the yard.