An EMD 645 prime mover could be heard for miles laboring up the steep Northbound grade up to the peak of the Cumberland Plateau. Finally X582 exit's the 2,200ft long Cumberland Mountain Tunnel at ... (more)

The eery sounds of a laboring Northbound echoes throughout the walls of Cowan Tunnel, soon after Q582 pops out of the darkness with a rebuilt SD70AC leading. The 167 year old Cowan Tunnel is one o... (more)

The Cowan pusher prepares to duck into Cowan Tunnel as it shoves heavy Northbound mixed freight Q580 up the steep 2% grade to the top of Cumberland Mountain. The Timber Rattlesnake in the foregrou... (more)

Northbound hotshot intermodal Q142 rockets out of the historic Cumberland Mountain Tunnel in Cowan, TN on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau.

A 40 year old vet leads empty autorack train Q210 out of the North portal of the Cumberland Mountain Tunnel at Cowan, TN on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau. The 2200FT. Tunnel was constructed i... (more)

As Newton's First Law of Motion is taking affect, the Trio of CSX motors on the head of the 98 car empty Stilesboro coal bucket CSX N302-22 (Stilesboro,GA-Madisonville,KY) is in full dynamic as th... (more)

Train Q51304 assaults the 1.8% Cumberland Escarpment with 3 GEs up front and another pair shoving on the rear end as helper J29705.

It's was in the turn of the 20th Century in a what was an industrial booming town that was carried from the mid-19th century. Cowan, TN had seen everything from agriculture to mining, but the cent... (more)

Too much mountain tonnage! At the town Cowan, TN CSX Q212-05 (Waycross,GA-Louisville,KY) slowly eases its way down the Cumberland Plateau with a pair of C40-8 pulling the long e... (more)

An prestigious example of man v. mountain on hand as we watch the pusher J298-23 notching out as it give the 8,000+ ft long CSX Q581-23 a push up the unforgiving 1.8 to 2% Cumberland Mountain grad... (more)

In a matter of 3, and a half hour with only one stop in Sherwood, TN since it's departure at Wauhatchie, CSX Q210-22 ( Cayce,SC-Smyrna,TN) is now making it's 1,400ft decent down the Cumberland Pla... (more)

Another Precision Day on CSX CSX W987-29 is stop on the main in the town of Cowan, TN (MP J-87.0 S. Cowan) waiting on the dispatcher to give the pusher the restriction signal to p... (more)

With no helper needed CSX Q049-15 (Chicago,Ill-Atlanta,GA) rush pass the new signals in Cowan, TN (MP J-87.0 S. Cowan) on its way south for Atlanta via of Nashville, and Chattanooga. The most int... (more)

Sometime in the 1840's, the Nashville & Chattanooga RR decided it would be easier to go straight up the Cumberland Escarpment, resulting in a 1.8% grade that has required helpers for its entire ex... (more)

Cowan-2013 "My oh my things was different back in 2013" CSX Q211-01 (Louisville,KY-Dixiana,SC) is slowly creeping pass the old Cowan Yard which is now the helper pocket for the pu... (more)