On average once a week, on no certain day at no certain time, the past and present align in Chattanooga when Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) freight affiliate East Chattanooga Belt Railway... (more)

East Chattanooga Belt Railway (ECBT) train EC01 holds the former Central of Georgia mainline while NS local AC01 heads into the Georgia Pacific Runaround for a headlight meet to exchange cars. ... (more)

Super Dave gives a thumbs up as the "real" TAG heritage unit crosses Main Street in Chattanooga, TN. This GP38 did serve on the original TAG and is a stalwart of the TVRM diesel collecti... (more)

East Chattanooga Belt Railway Train NÂș EC01 is now on the NS Controlled CR&S Line heading south for the E. 39th St siding to set-out the outbound cars for NS before heading back to it's home lin... (more)

We're at Polk St siding and work begins with EC01 is running around it's train westbound. As soon as the engine and two cars clears the switch, Co "Super" Dave will line the switch back to the mai... (more)

East Chattanooga Belt Railway Train NÂș EC01 is working the Belt-Line this afternoon spotting a few cars at the Holtzclaw run-around track. EC01 assignment today was to pick up nine cars, most of ... (more)

East Chattanooga Belt Railway (ECBT) is a common-carrier freight subsidiary of TVRM, serving freight customers on several disconnected branches and industrial operations in the greater Chattanooga... (more)

East Chattanooga Belt Railway (ECBT) train EC01 passes the Burnside apartment building (no better trackside living in all of Chattanooga) on the way to the NS interchange with two empty resin hopp... (more)

Interested in trackside living? I know a place. Gentrification in Chattanooga's downtown area has gone from a welcomed breath of life into once blighted areas of downtown (Main Street in particula... (more)

About as close to live as you can get, it's a heavy lift day in Chattanooga. Crews from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM), FMW Solutions, and local crane operators lift a heavy Pacific ... (more)

About as close to live as you can get, it's a heavy lift day in Chattanooga. Crews from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM), FMW Solutions, and local crane operators begin to lift a heavy... (more)

Photo freight? Nope! Just another day of shortline railroading on the East Chattanooga Belt Railway Company (ECBT). That said, the ECBT is one of the TVRM freight affiliates, and shares motive po... (more)

It'll be a cold day in...Chattanooga??? if these units ever run again! That's what many people (myself included) thought about the two F7As that East Chattanooga Belt Railway train EC01 has just ... (more)

A TVRM SW1200 wearing the museum's handsome livery is assigned to the East Chattanooga Belt Terminal Railway (ECBT) train EC01 this day, and is leaving the NS interchange at 23rd St for M&M Indust... (more)

TVRM operates freight trains as a common carrier-- the East Chattanooga Belt Terminal Railway (ECBT). The trains operate using diesel power from the museum's roster, typically a GP38, although oth... (more)