Southbound intermodal train approaches Nickajack Lake.

This 44-tonner is the newest acquisition of the Cowan Railroad Museum, having been on the property for about three weeks. The museum has plans to restore this unit in NC&StL livery. Any knowledge ... (more)

A northbound intermodal passes through Cowan during a monsoon-like rain shower.

The Cowan pushers return to downtown Cowan after pushing E063 over Cumberland Mountain. Notice the uncouple-on-the-fly mechanism on the front of the 308.

Southbound NS 734 streaks though the signals at Nickajack Lake, with Powder River coal bound for Plant Sherer in Georgia.

Shortly after 6 AM Q581 streaks by the signals at Nickajack Lake with 136 leading. This Loco is lettered CSXX on the engineers side, and CCSX on the firemans side.

A BNSF DPU shoves a train of Powder River coal past the signals at Nickajack Lake just prior to sunrise.

A southbound CSX freight from Nashville splits the signals as it rounds Nickajack Lake.

Q582 crosses the "new" bridge over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport. The old bridge, upon which a walking trail has recently been constructed, still stands to the right. This is actually a drawbr... (more)

A northbound auto rack train passes by the restored station in Bridgeport.

Two trains from two different railroads hauling very different commodities meet on the former NC&StL. On the left is CSX intermodal Q126 and on the right is NS 732, a Plant Scherer coal train. NS ... (more)

A dpu for an RWSX train begins to shove hard for the climb up Raccoon Mountain, as it passes a brilliant eastern redbud tree.