Category: Photo Section

Photos from the Pennyrail Newsletter

Hook Line & Singer Railway

April 24, 2011 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Thomas, Photo Section
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (Tweetsie) RR 10-Wheeler No. 12 makes its way through the new spring growth with the mixed train to Fern Gap. The crew did the 5 passengers a favor by putting the stock car behind the combine. Creeping Phlox, Vinca Minor (Periwinkle), Monkey Grass, Stone Crop, Day Lilies, and pesky onions make track maintenance an every-day chore on Bill Thomas’s Hook Line & Singer Railway. Photograph and track work by Bill Thomas

P&L’s U of L jeep

March 3, 2011 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Thomas, Photo Section
Every now and then I grab a lunch to go, and head over to the Fitness Formula parking lot overlooking Atkinson Yard, Madisonville. Tuesday, Feb 22, I was greeted by P&L’s U of L jeep with a green sister. The units were shoving a cut of interchange traffic into one of the yard tracks. - Photo by Bill Thomas

Hot Rail!

January 20, 2011 Jim Pearson No Comments Photo Section
From Railpictures.net - Hot Rail After a freak snow storm the day before, the bolts of a joint bar seen on the left have broken due to rail contraction from the cold weather. The next day, an alert track maintainer has found the broken bolts and goes about fixing the break by heating up the rail thus allowing it to expand back into place so that new bolts can then be installed. After a quick fix, this CSX mainline is open for track speed again. Submitted by Chris Dees.