As the raises on the hot June morning, the rail action was heating up as NS 22N (Memphis,TN-Atlanta,GA) cruises along the banks of Nickajack lake as the haulage rights freight work its way south f... (more)

NS 8112 Leads a three unit Intermodal train , Southbound along Nickakack Lake in New Hope TN at sunset

A two unit BNSF Intermodal train rolls Northbound (South on map) along Nickajack Lake in Haletown TN during golden hour. The Fall Color just starting to show in the area

CSX M582-22 (Rocky Mount,NC-Nashville,TN) is rolling right along one of the most scenic sections of the CSX Chattanooga Sub in my opinion at Nickajack Lake during the golden hour of this beautiful... (more)

A former Conrail SD40-2 leads 11,000ft. of empty military flats through the setting sun at Haletown on CSX's Chattanooga Sub. The engineer starts working the throttle up towards eight to make a ru... (more)

Memphis bound mixed freight 101 curves through the cut at Haletown, TN on CSX's Chattanooga Sub. Leading today's 101 is Union Pacific's Katy heritage unit. A rare visitor in these parts.

The rails was hot on this unbearable Friday evening as the empty Tennessee Valley Authority coal-bucket NS 73Z (Kingsport,TN-Memphis,TN/BNSF) pace the Tennessee River on it's way northbound on th... (more)

A gaggle of BNSF power leads Los Angeles bound intermodal 265 around Nickajack Lake late in the evening. The train was nearly three miles long and stretched all the way around the causeway.

The setting sun provides a scenic backdrop as loaded Bryce bound coal train N904 skirts along Nickajack Lake at a good pace. It will shortly begin it's assault up Raccoon Mountain.

NS train 202-02 lead by the N&W painted NS 8103 is seen passing by a TVA pond just off Nickajack Lake on its way in Chattanooga,TN from Sheffield,AL.

A trio of BNSF motors seen racing along the Tennessee River as the pig train gets a running head start to take on for the Raccoon Mountain. From time-to-time trains would be re-profiled to other t... (more)

As the light get low in the Tennessee Valley the trio of Gevos waste no time getting the empty CSX V377-30 (Crawfordville,GA-Evansville,IN) up Hogjaw hill on its long trek north for Evansville.

NS's specially painted first SD70ACC adds some color to a otherwise dark and gloomy day in the Southeast as it splits the rock walls of the large cut at Haletown, TN leading 365 towards Sheffield,... (more)

Memphis bound NS 265, running as CSX Z713-12, rounds a curve through the large rock cut alongside Nickajack Lake on the CSX Chattanooga Sub.

The sound of bird chirping was briefly interrupted by northbound CSX X250-04 (Palm Center,FL-Smyrna,TN) as it lean into the curve along Nickajack lake. The empties is heading for the Nissan Ass... (more)