A fairly unconventional couple of units for a coal train around these parts lead the train south as it descends Raccoon Mountain on the outskirts of Chattanooga.

A Norfolk Southern empty coal train from Plant Scherer utilizes trackage rights over CSX as it makes its way for Memphis. Once handed back to the BNSF, it will return to the Powder River Basin in ... (more)

A lengthy auto rack train rolls along Nickajack Lake as it passes through a slow order on the Chatt Sub.

More EMD's lead the Linwood to Chattanooga #348 into Debutts Yard as train 370 leaves and another freight comes into the yard.

A yard crew has just hopped on 322 in order to drag it in to Debutts Yard after the crew from Atlanta lawed out at Brown, just around the curve here at Citico Junction.

The southbound Georgia Division local starts off on its journey to Rome, GA at Debutts Yard in Chattanooga.

After a quick crew change at Lookout just on the other side of the bridge, loaded auto train Q211 rolls past the kudzu-covered vantage point on its way to Atlanta.

The endangered Roadrailer to Jacksonville starts up with a pair of SD60's after meeting northbound train #276.

As darkness falls, the action ramps up at Brown/Citico Jct. Shortly after 275 (left) had come in from the CNO&TP for a crew change, 174 (middle) starts off from its crew change to continue its run... (more)

Further up the Chatt Sub we see 210 again leaning into another one of the many curves on the southern end of the scenic line.

A CEFX bluebird leads loaded racks from Lawrenceville, GA and empties from Cayce, SC up the mountain at Hooker on the Chattanooga Sub.

The GE Southern heritage unit shoves on a northbound extra empty coal train on NS's Chattanooga to Birmingham main. Seen passing under CSX train Q210 on the Wauhatchie Yard lead.

Atlanta-bound ethanol loads crawl across one of the most iconic railroad locations in Tennessee, Tennbridge in Chattanooga.

Q210-16's departure from Wauhatchie Yard was the third time in two days I had seen this exact train. First on the Abbeville Subdivision, next at Dalton on the W&A Sub, and now on CSX's scenic Chat... (more)

NS northbound empty grain train 51A operates on trackage rights over CSX's Chattanooga Sub as it heads for home rails in Stevenson, AL.