A pair of 'Yellow Nose 2' painted GE's pass the Stevenson Depot, which was built in 1872 as a joint facility of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Nor... (more)

Q513 has successfully ascended and descended the Cumberland plateau, a finger of which is directly behind the train.

Sometime in the 1840's, the Nashville & Chattanooga RR decided it would be easier to go straight up the Cumberland Escarpment, resulting in a 1.8% grade that has required helpers for its entire ex... (more)

A loaded welded rail train from Fairburn, GA to Deshler, OH heads north up the Chattanooga Sub, crossing the Fox River and/or the TVA created Tims Ford Lake which was completed in 1970.

Cowan-2013 "My oh my things was different back in 2013" CSX Q211-01 (Louisville,KY-Dixiana,SC) is slowly creeping pass the old Cowan Yard which is now the helper pocket for the pu... (more)

Cowan-2012 Just a few days before Christmas we watch CSX M298-22 make a running start through the small Tennessee town of Cowan, TN (MP J-87.0 S. Cowan) for the Cumberland Plate... (more)

CSX M772-19 the "Murfreesboro Turn" is seen making a rare run south out of it's territory heading to Wartrace, TN. on the CSX Chattanooga Sub. Once the local job get to Wartrace it will drop off t... (more)

Jacksonville bound CSX Q143-15 (Cincinnati,OH-Jacksonville,FL) give a dramatic scene of kicking up powder snow, as the Double stack/ empty Tropicana train rush south through the small Tennessee fa... (more)

Veteran Engineer Mr. Bray (now retired) poses for the camera as he "pop the clutch," and get the northbound CSX Q210-04 (Dixiana,SC-Louisville,KY) underway for the Wauhatchie Yard lead at Lookout ... (more)

Without wasting a moment the northbound CSX Q512-25 (Waycross,GA-Avon,IN) lean into the curve as the 8,000ft long manifest climbs up the .95% Hogjaw hill out of the Tennessee river valley on the o... (more)

Cursing down Raccoon Mountain CSX Q133-05 (North Baltimore, OH-Jacksonville,FL) is a few miles at the end of its trip on the CSX Chattanooga Sub. The long train will run down the main the main tra... (more)

CSX Q235-04 (Louisville,KY-Winston,FL) slowly roll down the mountain and lean into the curve on its last several miles on the CSX Chattanooga Sub. The train is taking it slow as it approach a work... (more)

CSX G153 slowly crosses the beautiful L&N High Bridge over I-24 and Running Water Creek as G153 and her crew begin the slow and grueling climb up the Raccoon Mountain Grade.

NS708 lead by a duo of freshly rebuilt AC44C6M's bringing the long heavy loaded coal train down the steep Raccoon Mountain Grade and off of the CSXT Chattanooga Subdivision and onto the NS Alabama... (more)

The morning was gloomy and wet, and the mountain tops was shrouded with heavy fog as NS 325 (CSX Z660-15) with a trio of NS motors charge up Raccoon Mountain on its way north on the CSX Chattanoo... (more)