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)

After delivering coal loads at Maysville a quartet of TTI B36-7's head back to Paris Ky. for what would be one of their final trips. Plenty of fans were about to record their final runs.