The CSX OCS, running as P001, slows down to the crew change point on the old main at Wauhatchie. While the two GEVO's were a bit of a bummer, the main draw for me was the debut of the newest addit... (more)

The CSX OCS, running as P001, slows down to the crew change point on the old main at Wauhatchie. While the two GEVO's were a bit of a bummer, the main draw for me was the debut of the newest addit... (more)

The silence of the night is interrupted by the roar of Northbound intermodal train 23N as it tops the Raccoon Mountain Grade at Whiteside, TN. Seen from inside the portal of 160+ year old Whitesid... (more)

Bulls Gap, TN bound train 102 curves along the banks of Nickajack Lake on a beautiful late Winter morning.

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)

Moving at a great clip NS 22N (Rossville,TN-Jacksonville,FL/FEC) is putting forward the track of effort just north of the Whiteside Crossover on it's battle against the longer section of Raccoon ... (more)

NS transcontinental intermodal train 265 is seen splitting through the rock cuts just along Nickajack Lake in Haletown, Tennessee on the CSX Chattanooga Sub via NS Trackage Rights from CSX. The tr... (more)

After waiting on a couple Southbound's ahead of it to get pushed across the mountain, finally it's Q647's turn to take a shot at the steep grade. The rain and wet rails would prove to be a non fac... (more)

With the dynamics set in the full position and the air drawn down Q585 is nearing the bottom of the steep Cumberland Mountain Grade as it passes through Big Hormady Cut, the largest of the many cu... (more)

A former L&N GP38-2 leads Tullahoma, TN - Widow's Creek, AL turn M780 down Cumberland Mountain and into the final cut at Tantallon. The whines of first generation EMD dynamic brakes could be heard... (more)

After getting a relief crew at Cowan, Q585-11 is seen passing above Rush Creek in the depths of the Cumberland Mountain this morning. As the rain begins to get heavier, the rushing current of Ru... (more)

CSXT 8908 leads K442-04 along Nickajack Lake after descending Raccoon Mountain just north of Chattanooga.

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)

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)