On a beautiful Saturday morning back in October 2013, NS 2675 is only a couple of miles out of Sevier Yard with empty coal train 787 in tow northbound on the K&O line, heading back to the mine for... (more)

Two days after Christmas 2013 marked the first time I ever made the one hour drive down to Harriman to railfan the famous CNO&TP "Rathole". On that first trip, this was the very first tr... (more)

Back in the spring of 2013, about an hour after 202 came through eastbound (pictured here), 15T heads west out of Knoxville. ... (more)

NS 124 had a nice variety or power this day. Besides the typical wide-cab Dash 9, a “unibrow” GEVO, a standard-cab Dash 9, and a recently acquired SD90MAC round out the consist.

Wait... What? Although it may be hard to tell, this is a NS train on NS rails. Having just completed a rolling meet with northbound 148, NS 177 continues south at CP Tunnel 25 in Oakdale, T... (more)

"Middle of nowhere." Many locations on the Rathole can best be described as "smack in the middle of nowhere". CP Camp Austin is one of those places, with the roadway bridge and the railroad... (more)

Rack/stack train 224 rolls through the yard at Emory Gap with the help of a UP GEVO.

As three fellow railfans line up their shots, 147 comes blasting out of tunnel 24 with a nice set of foreign power. Shown in the photo are fellow Railpictures contributors Mark Ragan and Gabe Pass... (more)

With a clear signal in the distance for an approaching northbound (that would show up just moments later), southbound rack/stack train 223 has just passed the crossovers at CP Sunbright on the Rat... (more)

NS 167 comes blasting out of tunnel 24 at Nemo, TN. Powering the train is a C40-8W which began life in Conrail blue.

"Muddy Reflections". The cab of the lead unit is reflected nicely in a muddy puddle caused by all the recent rain. This was my first trip to Nemo on the NS "Rathole", and it did not disappo... (more)

A pair of Dash 9s, including a BNSF "swoosh" repaint, bracket a nice surprise - one of NS's recently acquired ex-UP SD90MACs powering grain loads southbound at Sunbright, TN.

I title this one "Golden Hour Reflections". With sunset quickly approaching, coal empties head north crossing the Tennessee River into downtown Knoxville on the KD Sub behind a pair of AC G... (more)

Southbound grain loads bound for Loudon, TN tied down at Baxter Ave waiting for a new crew to complete the journey. The now-empty marker light locations on the nose can leave little doubt that th... (more)

9444 leads NS 223 south at Rockwood. I caught this train north of here at Oakdale in some terrible light. So I husteled down to Rockwood to catch it again in better light. A big thanks to the crew... (more)