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)

Jacksonville bound hotshot Q143 crests the steep Raccoon Mountain grade at Whiteside with ease and now begins to throttle it's short 2,300ft. train back as it starts down grade into the crew chang... (more)

Almost at the end of it's journey to Chattanooga, NS 102 (CSX Z381-25) (Sheffield,AL-Chattanooga,TN) is about to cross back into the state of Georgia as the freight slowly come down the steep, but... (more)

After a early morning dash from Fairburn, the inbound crew brings the 5,301ft long CSX Q154-28 (Fairburn,GA-Memphis,TN) to a safe stop at the crew change point at Wauhatchie (MP J-145.7). The inbo... (more)

One of the best places on the this 10 mile section of the Chattanooga Sub on Raccoon Mountain where you can get a train at a sweeping curve is at Aetna Hollow at Whiteside, TN (MP J-137.6 Whitesid... (more)

At 4,842 tons, the pair of GE is keeping the Memphis bound CSX Q154-28 (Fairburn,GA-Memphis,TN) up to speed on the main 2 track on the outskirts of Wildwood, GA. On today's Q154 is the 1 of the 51... (more)

Cagle's Farms bound CSX G263-20 (Casey,IL-Rockmart,GA) is creeping at 5mph over the Wauhatchie Yard lead bridge in Wildwood, GA slowing bring this crew to the end of it's journey from Nashville. W... (more)

The soothing sound of the water hitting the bank at Nickajack Cove was interrupted by the sound of the high whine of traction motors as CSX K402-12 (Ladds,GA-Proviso,IL/UP) crossing the cove as ... (more)

Q143 crawls past the old civil war tunnel on the new bipass. After plans were introduced to double track this portion of the Chattanooga Sub, the old tunnel was bipassed in order to fit the second... (more)

"Oh boy we have a screamer" Q143 climbs up the Raccoon Mountain S-curve around Whiteside, TN with its 5,000 foot intermodal train sqealing around the curves.

K492 leads out of the Tennessee Valley with a rebuilt AC6000CW in the lead. While chasing this train, this was the only time we were able to get it in daylight due a cloud deck rolling in.

Q154 climbs out of Georgia and into Tennesee with a YN2 duo up front.

High over interstate 24, and state road 134, CSX G158-03 (Bruceton,TN/WTNN-Rocky Mount,NC) with a trio of GE motors stagger the company grain train over the 1,112.9 ft long Running Water Creek ste... (more)

Southbound pig train Q143 makes quick work of the Racoon Mountain Grade as it passes the old civil war era tunnel at the top of the mountain in Whiteside, TN. Sun is very hard to come by at this l... (more)

BNSF 5977 leads a coal train by Nickajack Lake on CSX's Chattanooga sub in Tennessee