The Blue Ridge Special After crossing the Old Fort Loops NS 958 "Blue Ridge Special" with J-Class 611 in charge, sprint once again through Black Mountain, NC on its final leg of i... (more)

Chasing the Cadillac of 1st Generation Diesels

Thundering north on the W&A Sub is CSX Q675-19 (Hamlet-NC,Nashville,TN) this 7200ft long manifest is holding a good speed as it eases it way down the unseen slight grade through Tunnel Hill, GA (M... (more)

As visibility start to get low, NS 322 (Macon,GA-Sheffield,AL) is stop on the main 2 track at Control Point (CP) Long, on the NS Atlanta North-End. NS 322 relief crew (NS 21R) is on the ground wai... (more)

After a hour, and thirty minute wait CSX Q235-04 (Louisville,KY-Jacksonville,FL) get the signal from NS to proceed south through the NS controlled NS/CSX Interlock diamond at 23rd Street (MP WA-1... (more)

As the sun rises over the area NS 251 (Sandusky, OH-Jacksonville, FL) slowly crosses the Tennessee River head for the crew changing point Brown for a swap and go.

SR 630 with the stack capped for the rest of the weekend sits on the TVRM's shop lead waiting for it's day to get serviced by the shop team, and to be reassigned to the next scheduled excursion. W... (more)

T-A-G 80 After being uncouple from it's train, the recently restored Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Railway GP38 Nº 80 is waiting at the bottom of the turntable for tourist, and the... (more)

Running hammerhead style is the head three motor of CSX Z354-20 (NS 163) as it pass through the "Stateline" signals (MP J-139.1 Whiteside/Stateline) on its way back to Wauhatchie which i... (more)

Less than a quarter of a mile to the summit of Raccoon Mountain, the pair of GE motor guided the massive Q580 north up the main 2 track on the long trek for Louisville, KY. As a CSX tradition Q580... (more)

Icy Day On The Railroad Winter storm Hunter make is presence known in the Music city as the downtown Nashville skyline disappear in a mist of freezing rain. After the NERR Vine Hi... (more)

Ringling Bros Memories After eleven and a half month on the road the last show of the 2013 season was at Auburn Hill, MI on the third weekend of November. A days later and some 650+... (more)

Southbound CSX Q583-25 (Nashville,TN-Atlanta,GA) shoots pass the Vulcan Rock Quarry heading south on the Western & Atlantic Sub. With traffic running slow this afternoon, the manifest will have no... (more)

Let’s go back into the archives and look at the nostalgia of some of the coolest pieces of railroad equipment. NS 161 (Louisville,KY-Chattanooga,TN) is tied down on the Chattanooga Diesel Shop l... (more)

Moving at it's top track speed of 10 mph TVRM 225 "Dinner Train is making it's return trip back to Grand Junction after making the westbound run toward Lucey Boiler. The consist is running at... (more)