Loaded grain train 50G rumbles through the crossovers at 'Rogers' located on Braswell Mountain between 'Finch' and 'McPherson'

TAG #80 leads a TVRM excursion to Chickamauga up the grade at McFarland Gap just south of the Tennessee state line

A Russell, KY - Waycross, GA manifest exits the 448 foot Russell Tunnel passing the dormant 5.6 mile long Haysi Branch

Cincinnati, OH - Waycross, GA manifest Q541 exits Hickory Tunnel 1 entering the small community of Morley before the climb across Duff Mountain

A loaded CSX ethanol crosses Bolton Road still stenciled for the NC&StL Railway

A Union Pacific coal train descends the 2.29% grade at the Crater Loops running 2x2x2. This train loaded at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch and is bound for Southern Company's Plant Daniel in Miss... (more)

Engineer John Shine gets a good look at his swing helpers as they descend the 2.29% grade at the Crater Loops

A Union Pacific coal train descends the stiff 2.29% grade from Rock Creek Canyon passing by 'Crater' preparing to navigate the Crater Loops just ahead

Norris Yard bound manifest #153 makes its way west after a quick meet with eastbound #346 at Temple

Empty grain train 51A navigates the curves on Braswell Mountain near milepost 110

BNSF GE's crest the top of Braswell Mountain at the 109 intermediate signals with Memphis, TN - Charlotte, NC stack train #284.

Scherer coal loads prepare for a meet ahead with northbound #174 at 'Ollie'

A Memphis, TN - Atlanta, GA auto/intermodal train passes by 'Rogers'

A pair of Blue Ridge Scenic Railway geeps slowly ease across the Turniptown Creek trestle on their way south from Blue Ridge to the Georgia Northeastern shops at Tate

A former Chicago & Northwestern GP9 leads a Hartwell train south from the NS interchange at Toccoa