With a UP ACe in charge, 123 pops out of the shadows, and into the low sun, as it comes rolling into Oakdale.

113 comes into Oakdale. The train will diverge from the CNO&TP at Harriman Junction and take the K&O toward Oliver Springs. The crew have been asked by the dispatcher if all three of their units a... (more)

With the sun yet to make it above the hills that surround Oakdale, 116 heads north on a crisp fall morning.

Fall on the CNO&TP. Took the day off to shoot the NS OCS at Oakdale. But they changed the schedule at the last minute, and ran it though under the cover of darkness. Non the less, gave me a... (more)

285 proceeds south after stopping to meet northbound 174 at Oakdale. The power is approaching the foundations that once held the old Southern Railway searchlight signal bridge. The venerable old s... (more)

A lot has change over the last several years in Oakdale, TN. This was once one of the bustiest section of line on the CNO&TP where trains use to stop, and swap crew for the 2nd, and 3rd District, ... (more)

224 north has just exited Tunnel 25, and is cruising into Oakdale.

It's 5:56 am as NS Train 792 holds Track 2 under a full moon light as the fog moves in at Oakdale, The crew change at Oakdale, TN was moved to Burnside, KY a few weeks later after this shot.

This is the second train of a plethora of southbounds that I chose to shoot at Oakdale on a beautiful Sunday morning. I rarely choose this spot anymore due to the lack of luster with the missing S... (more)

A southbound intermodal slowly gains speed as it heads toward Tunnel 25 on the CNO&TP. This scene is no longer as interesting as it would have been even a few short weeks ago, when a Southern Rail... (more)

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)

A dirty and faded EMD Ex- Santa Fe Warbonnet leads two BNSF GE's southbound on the CNO&TP heading to Chattanooga.

NS Triple Crown train 251 rolls south past the former crew change point at Oakdale with a BNSF unit leading an all toaster consist.

Black Friday on the Rathole. With everyone else waiting in line at the mall for good after Thanksgiving deals, I was waiting to get this shot. About three hours in fact. 8110 leads NS 1... (more)