Heading north over CSX rails before getting on the NS a trio of UP, BNSF and a NS SD40-2 is reflected in the back waters of Lake Nickajack.

CSX 7013 leads a coal empty as it skirts along the banks of Lake Nickajack heading north.

Former NS/Southern GP38-2 #5206 eases downgrade across Big Gulch Bridge along what is left of the Tennessee Central mainline, with Lhoist North America's train from Crab Orchard, bound for interch... (more)

Cowan 1 quietly simmering by the depot as the engineer oils the locomotive in Cowan, Tennessee for a run later that night

As the fall colors start to show in the Tennessee Valley, NS T42 makes its way back to the Charleston depot with an SD40E and a SD40-2.

A pair of IC SD70's lead CN Train RJY30 across the diamonds at CN Jct. in Memphis, TN. on their way to interchange with Norfolk Southern.

Departing from Chattanooga, Southern 4501 leads the Summerville Steam Special around the corner at Stephens Street heading south towards Rossville, Georgia

Rikki Durden, who is a qualified Engineer, Fireman, and Conductor on the Tennessee Valley Scenic Railroad in Chattanooga, Tennessee, checks the fire in Southern 4501. She is also a qualified mecha... (more)

CSXT SW1500 awaits her next assignment in Leewood Yard in Memphis Tennessee. She was later painted in the CSX YN3 paint. She has since been retired. I shot this in 1999 on print film.

M583 rolls through Tantallon Cut at the bottom of Cumberland Mountain on a dreary Fall morning.

As their GE motors echos across the valley, CSX 386 leads M580 by Nickajack Lake outside the small community of New Hope, Tennessee

The extra length of the SD40A gives it a nice look. This one is leading a northbound freight wearing a paint job that might be best described as a "Clinchfieldesque"

Lest we long too much for the "Good Old Days" note that in these IC Industries had busied themselves bottling fizzy sugar water or something else of similar importance. But the GEs of t... (more)

The TAG rolls along towards Grand Junction with a short train to begin their ride for the day.

An EJ&E survivor sits together with some other veterans awaiting their next role on the high iron. Taken with permission.