NS 9317 and NS 8811 race past the first of many grade crossings in Rockwood, TN.

Franklin Industrial Minerals 4023 leads a short mixed local eastbound across the newly converted wood to steel trestle in Ozone, TN.

NS 2572 and its load of high-priority intermodal containers and trailers races across Main Street in Rockwood, TN at 65 MPH.

Two NS GP38-2s idle as the yard switch crew prepares for a shove deeper into the Emory Gap yard on a cool Thursday morning.

NS 7629 and NS 9602 shove a loaded coal train past the Emory Gap yard office and the many stationary rail cars in the yard.

Franklin Industrial Mineral's high-hood B23-7 sits idling as the crew prepares their train for departure eastbound to the NS interchange in Rockwood, TN.

BNSF 559 and another B40-8W lead short (now classified as a Manifest) train north out of Paducah, Kentucky on a warm and sunny day. The conductor, Mike Anderson, waves as they approach and pass m... (more)

BNSF 6317 brings up the rear of a loaded unit coal train arriving in Paducah, KY at the Pines road grade crossing on a late, wintery afternoon.

BNSF 9847 leads a fast-moving loaded unit coal train past the Pines Road crossing into Paducah, KY. The last bit of a 5 inch snowfall was melting under some beautiful clear skies as well.

BNSF 5933 pushes at full power on the end of a heavy loaded coal train as it rolls past the Allen Lane crossing on the way into the yard on a wonderful day.

CN 8000 (SD70M-2) and IC 1016 (SD70) lead a empty coal train north on the CN P&I subdivision in Paducah, KY. This picture was taken on top of a overpass just past CR junction and about 2 1/2 mile... (more)

CN 8818 slowly brings in a inbound loaded CN coal train in past a set of signals before the Central Avenue crossing in Paducah, KY.

BNSF 3122 and BNSF 2829 slowly lead the small BN local past BoBo rd out of Paducah, KY heading to their home tracks on the BNSF Beardstown Subdivision.

UP 6029, UP 6397, and UP 7186 start pulling their empty coal train after meeting a south bound CN manifest at Chiles Junction in Paducah, KY.

UP 5228, and two UP Geeps lead a speedy manifest down past Gorham, IL on the UP double mainline from St. Louis. It was a sunny and a great day to be out railfanning.