A EMD veteran brings loaded Savannah, GA bound coke train W221 through the first of many cuts on the Southside of Cumberland Mountain. The howl of the 40's dynamics could be heard for miles before... (more)

The sounds of GE prime movers echoes off the walls within Big Hormady Cut as the Cowan pusher shoves heavy mixed freight train Q580 up the nearly three percent grade at Tantallon. Big Hormady Cut ... (more)

The Cowan pusher prepares to duck into Cowan Tunnel as it shoves heavy Northbound mixed freight Q580 up the steep 2% grade to the top of Cumberland Mountain. The Timber Rattlesnake in the foregrou... (more)

M583 eases down the Southern slope of Cumberland Mountain with a veteran widecab GE leading the charge.

Extra loaded autorack train L211 prepares to enter one of the large cuts on the South side of Cumberland Mountain. With all the rain we received over the winter many of the areas natural springs w... (more)

Southbound intermodal train Q143 tops the Raccoon Mountain grade and will now coast down into Wauhatchie where it'll tie down on zero track.

The sounds of rushing waters and birds chirping is interrupted by the sounds of howling dynamics and squalling breaks as loaded train N319-25 has the brakes drawn down and it's motors in full dyna... (more)

Northbound freight Q584 has just topped the Raccoon Mountain grade and will begin to set up dynamics as it descends down into the Tennessee River Valley. While Southbound freight Q583 is down on i... (more)

The morning fog is burning off the mountain as Q585 howls South with an ex-Conrail SD40-2 leading the way through the final cut on Cumberland Mountain at Tantallon. Not trying to beat a dead horse... (more)

CSX's Office Car Special train eases down Cumberland Mountain and into the final large rock cut as it continues it's journey South back to Jacksonville, FL with big brass on board. I made the hike... (more)

A nearly 30 year old Dash 8 leads Q585 down the steep Southern slope of Cumberland Mountain as it splits the large cut at Tantallon.

M583 rolls through Tantallon Cut at the bottom of Cumberland Mountain on a dreary Fall morning.

Western power leads K443 down the South slope of Cumberland Mountain on a busy Spring afternoon along the Chattanooga Sub.

The Cowan pusher's first shift job H281 helps hold back 12,000 tons of grain as G443 eases down the steep 2.5% South slope of Cumberland Mountain. The pusher would cut away at Sherwood and assist ... (more)

During a severe Spring thunderstorm that brought hail, strong winds, and lots of lightning to the area, 362 crests the Racoon Mountain grade at Whiteside with a increasingly rare all EMD consist. ... (more)