STOP-Obstruction Ahead That's what the sign the NS supervisors are carrying away said. To test the crew of the southbound TVA coal train to see if they followed the speed restriction, the s... (more)

NS 142 heads north through Oakdale. This could very well be the last snowfall for these searchlights as their replacements were just to my right across the tracks.

The "hotshot" heads south through a snow covered, and empty, Oakdale.

N&W 1218 leading a northbound excursion through Spring City, TN || October 1987

Norfolk Southern's Savannah & Atlanta heritage unit leads 197 through the cut at Parkers Lake.

NS #7001 one of three GP40X's that NS has leads a South Bound out of Tunnel 26 MP255.5

The Lackawanna Heritage unit is southbound on the CNO&TP at Revilo, KY with train 117.

Northbound excursion behind N&W Class J #611 at Spring City, TN || October 1984

The NS Lackawanna heritage unit leads 117 south by Parkers Lake.

A southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train traverses the famous “Rathole” at Mountain View, Tennessee, on May 16, 1994.

One hopper car and a string of ethanol tankers obediently follow 68E's three GEs through the fall colors at Parkers Lake.

EMDX 1201, painted in a Caterpillar-inspired demo scheme, led the weekly Cat-train along NS from Illinois to the Port in Savannah, GA. The train is seen here crossing the Tennessee River at "Tenb... (more)

EMDX 1201, painted in a Caterpillar-inspired demo scheme, led the weekly Cat-train along NS from Illinois to the Port in Savannah, GA. The train is seen here emerging from Tunnel 24, rolling down... (more)

A northbound passes under the old 'searchlight' signals at the south end of Oakdale yard. The signals are being replaced rapidly along the Central Division, in fact the new signals were just out ... (more)

A Norfolk Southern ballast train heads south at Keno, Kentucky, on the famous former Southern Railway “Rathole” line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga. The short, heavy train even has a caboo... (more)