Tiptoeing on light rail through the colorfully painted rolling Tennessee hills a fall excursion is eastbound hauling delighted leaf lookers. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
In Frisco, Tennessee, a Norfolk Southern U40 train crewman realigns a switch after the crew has set out 37 loads of coal in the yard. The crew brought the coal cars from Andover, Virginia to Fris... (more)
NS train 178 meets CSX train 648 at Chattanooga Tn
Eastbound Norfolk Southern train U40 is coming into the yard at Frisco, Tennessee. The train is actually in Virginia as the Tennessee-Virginia state line is between the train and the photographer... (more)
CSXT 911 (Not to be confused with NS 9-1-1), and its partner CSXT 490 stop in the small West End yard. The crew of the train is about to take the flatcar seen behind the second locomotive and ... (more)
NS 147 coming out of Tunnel 24
The 4501 leads train 100 across South Chickamauga Creek heading towards Grand Junction after coming back from East Chattanooga with the 9:30am run
Summer of 2023 with steam kicks off with a very unorthodox way. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum introduce the Evening Ridge Runner excursion, where we catch steam running during the late even... (more)
CSX M533-08 coming through the rip-rap into Downtown Nashville this evening with BNSF 716 leading. Still supporting the Red and Silver AT&SF paint scheme with āSanta Feā still retaining in th... (more)
Still at home, this former Clinchfield unit is sitting outside the former passenger depot. Even in those days oil bath air filters were rare on 38s. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.
Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.
Standard cabs hanging around the shops. Chattanooga Tn
"Brrrrr, hey guys, it's cold out here, start me up, get a broom, come on!" Former L&N unit toughs it out on a winter's day. In its zeal to repaint into Family Lines L&N jumped (or were... (more)
At a time when the yard was much busier than today a former Family Lines rests between moves. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.
Central of Georgia Also RS-3 109 sits at the Soule Shop in Chattanooga, Tennessee.