Taking the very scenic route to Summerail we caught the entire northbound trip of this coal train. Here units originally bought by SCL are doing yeoman work as helpers. Great to hear that this l... (more)

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)

A loaded TTI coal train chugs its way towards Maysville

Four TTI B36-7's bring an empty stone train through the farmland at Strodes Run. I remember asking the farmer if we could walk on his property to which he replied, "Sure, just watch out for t... (more)

A quartet of TTI B36-7's chug through the rolling farmland of Kentucky with an empty stone train

TTI B36-7's cross the South Fork Licking River

Four TTI B36-7's bring a coal train along the banks of the Ohio River

A trio of TTI GE locomotives are shoving on a cut of a cars, rearranging storage on its mainline between Paris and Carlisle. This line once hauled coal to a transloading facility along the Ohio Ri... (more)

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)

Flemingsburg is like an old movie. just a station in the middle of nowhere, by this date just a place where M of W equipment ties up. Here a southbound empty train rattles by and soon the birds a... (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.

A quartet of TTI B36-7's bring a loaded coal train north through Carlisle,KY bound for barge loading at Maysville

It’s hot, no I means it’s HOT, and humid, as the daily loaded coal train descends the steep grade to there connection with CSX’s former C&O main. Dynamics brakes are working hard. They’l... (more)