A pair of Transkentucky Transportation Railroad B36-7's sit quietly at the railroad's shops in Paris, Kentucky. The crew will arrive shortly and get the two locomotives started up in prep for a da... (more)

Back in 2017 I stopped by the TTI to see what there was to see. Pretty sad to see all the neat old B36-7's and U36B's that were waiting for unknown fate or business. This stuff above was on the de... (more)

Snaking through the night, headed north, M542 passes the "southward information signal" at Paris near the TTI shops. Thanks to amtrakcardinal for the lighting.

A trio of TTI GE locomotives are headed back to Paris after rearranging cars in storage on its mainline between Paris and Carlisle. This line once hauled coal to a transloading facility along the ... (more)

Early model U28Bs are best distinguished from the U25 by the sloping nose. This former CRI&P unit was photographed by Dave Petke. From my collection.

Fall is well along as a huge string of old GEs chug into town with radiators blocked by fallen leaves. The train is empty so maybe nothing overheated on the way.

Another day at the TTI with a whole lot of nothing going on. They are left with one transload customer within the yard and have a handful of stored coal cars shoved up the main a few mines.

ex-RI 244

ex/exx-CSXT/SBD 5763, nee-SCL 1812

"Photographer's Special" just east of Paris, KY on the TTI Railroad.

Departing Paris with coal loads for Maysville

ex-CSXT 6856, nee-RF&P 122

Picked over and without much of a viable future left, 5857 waits out a fall evening in Paris, KY likely next to make a move with aid from a scrapper.

There isn't much going on at TTI these days, what little there is happens with a transloading operation in the yard at Paris, KY. 5819 is one of just a couple of locos on the roster still active t... (more)

A scene that most likely will never be repeated. A wash out near Maysville on the line and coal business pretty much dormant for their service, has left the business dead. Several pieces of equipm... (more)