A short NS local freight hustles down The Rathole as it approaches the town of Somerset, Ky.

NS 1071 and NS 1074, the "Central of New Jersey" and "Delaware, Lackawanna and Western" heritage units bracket an EMD SD70 as they lead NS 215 south near the end of this crews ... (more)

Train 275 heads under the "Cumberland Chair" intermediate signal bridge. These GRS signals are long gone now, replaced with Safetrans, forever changing the look of the CNO&TP. Interesting to not... (more)

NS 8596 operating long hood first leads a northbound freight over the Burnside bridge near Somerset, KY on a hazy August day. The C39-8 is trailed by a pair of NS GP38-2s, one each of Southern and... (more)

Valentines Day 2015 finds snow showers and a late running southbound Roadrailer coming into Somerset Kentucky.

KCS and BNSF power leads a northbound NS train over the Cumberland River at Burnside.

A thoroughbred of steam passes a few horse barns near Somerset, KY.

Hammer down at 40MPH as 630 leans into a banked curve in newly double tracked territory. The CNO&TP has many curves that bank allowing faster train speeds, a common sight on this well engineered ... (more)

SOU 630 rolls past a couple of barns in Somerset, KY.

An NS manifest freight crosses the Burnside bridge over the Cumberland River near Somerset, Ky. heading north to Danville, Ky. This is part of the former Southern Railway's "Rathole" running south... (more)

A southbound intermodal catches the last sun of the October sun.

At the time of this shot, I hoped every train I photographed on the former Southern would be pulled by matched SR-painted power. Such was not the case today as southbound Rat Hole intermodal 231 d... (more)

Sounthbound with an exLMSX trailing

Southbound intermodal train 229 passes thru Somerset on Norfolk Southern's Rathole.

With two SD70M-2s for power, 144 heads north on the Rathole. This day was particularly frigid with temps near the single digits and the wind chill well below zero. A special thanks to safari leade... (more)