2002 Railroad Photography

Engine 7100 poses at Blair, Tennessee, site of some of the filming for the movie "October Sky".

The passenger train with engine 5308 performs a runby at milepole 1, the site of the original railyard used for sorting railcars for the Manhattan Project.

7100 performs a runby at milepole 1, the site of the original railyard used for sorting railcars for the Manhattan Project.

View of the passenger train posing for the photographers using an ALCO RS-1 engine.

Engine 7100 crosses Poplar Creek as it enters the K-25 plant.

Engine 7100 exits the bridge before crossing Blair Road. (Photo by Stephen Killough)

7100 leaves the secure area of K-25 and prepares to pass Watts Bar Lake.

A view across the pond at K-25.

The freight train exits the woods surrounding Watts Bar Lake near the end of the rail line.

K&T 102 switches freight at Stearns, Kentucky.

K&T 102 runs around the freight at the restored mining town of Barthell, Kentucky.

The freight train performs a runby on the bridge heading in to Blue Heron Mining Camp.

The route of the K&T runs alongside the deep, roaring gorges of Paunch Creek. Engine 102 performs a runby at one such location.

Engine 102 enters the tunnel on the K&T.

Then it exits the tunnel for another runby.

Former US Army ALCO S-2 locomotive number 7100 debuted to photographers on April 6, 2002, with restored paint after a three-year rebuild. Pulling a freight train consisting of a high-side scrap metal gondola, a KCS bulkhead flatcar, and a Southern caboose, 7100 performed a number of runbys along the route of the Secret City Scenic Excursion Train.

On April 7, 2002, the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum operated a charter freight train for photographers over the former Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad in Stearns, Kentucky. The line is now operated by the Big South Fork Scenic Railway (call 1-800-GO-ALONG for information). The train used K&T S-2 number 102, four gondolas, and the K&T caboose.

All photos this page by John D. Browning unless otherwise indicated.

2002 Railroad Photography

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