Built for the N&W in May 1975 now NS 6126 leads local Somerset to Stearns T43 heads north by Burnside.

NS 174 crossing the Cumberland River in Burnside on its way north up the CNO&TP 2nd District known as the Rathole

NS 123 heads south across Lake Cumberland with high and wide loads behind.

The NS Railroader Appreciation unit leads 174 north across Lake Cumberland at Burnside.

NS local T43 rolls by Burnside as it heads for Somerset.

SD70 2522 leads a northbound freight.

A northbound mixed freight is rumbling across the lake on a beautiful spring day back when when we thought of high horsepower B-Bs as a recipe for speed. When will be regular have C-Cs with 900-... (more)

Back when NS had this real fetish about running long hood first this northbound freight is rattling across the famous bridge with a (then) foreign unit.

A NS GP60 leads a work train north by Burnside.

A NS northbound crosses over Lake Cumberland at Burnside on a beautiful autumn day.

As the sounds of 3 six axles fill the walls of Dead Ox Hollow, a now rare NS SD70ACU leads 215 up the grade from Tateville towards Chattanooga with 12,000 feet of UPS and FedEx from Chicago.

Cumberland River crossing
Norfolk Southern grain train No. 114 crosses the impressive bridge at Burnside, Kentucky, heading north on the “Rathole” on May 16, 1994. The train is powe... (more)

NS southbound 143 is lead by UP's Spirit of America as it crosses Lake Cumberland. At Burnside a fresh crew will board to take the train onto Chattanooga.

Unfortunately, NS didn't get the leader right on this empty Tate & Lyle train train, but I was glad for anything as it'd been a long time since I'd been here.

With fisherman trying their luck on Lake Cumberland below southbound NS 143 slows above for a crew change at Burnside.