Heading north over CSX rails before getting on the NS a trio of UP, BNSF and a NS SD40-2 is reflected in the back waters of Lake Nickajack.

CSX 7013 leads a coal empty as it skirts along the banks of Lake Nickajack heading north.

As their GE motors echos across the valley, CSX 386 leads M580 by Nickajack Lake outside the small community of New Hope, Tennessee

Side shot of BNSF 9604 at 1/80s ISO 100

Having left Chattanooga behind CSX M582 heads for Nashville as it skirts along the Tennessee River.

CSX M515 skirts Nickajack Lake as it heads south for Chattanooga.

CSX S824 is seen coming off Raccoon Mountain with a veteran SD40-2 leading

Reroute CSX M518-19 (Birmingham,AL-Nashville,TN) is running under the symbol of X918 is underway after swapping crew at Wauhatchie. There has been an influx of freight traffic being diverted up t... (more)

M583 eases down the Southern slope of Cumberland Mountain with a veteran widecab GE leading the charge.

CSX M582-05 (Hamlet,NC-Nashville,TN) is tired down on the number 2 main at Lookout waiting for an outbound crew to go on duty to take the train into Wauhatchie Yard and begin work doing pick-up an... (more)

As the raises on the hot June morning, the rail action was heating up as NS 22N (Memphis,TN-Atlanta,GA) cruises along the banks of Nickajack lake as the haulage rights freight work its way south f... (more)

Train 582 is seen crossing the Running Water Trestle @ Whiteside , Tn

Pacing alongside the alternate schedule CSX X582-25 (Hamlet,NC-Nashville,TN) we get a close look at the newly painted CSX's very first Operation Life Saver locomotive, and it didn't take long for ... (more)

With Southern being the big show in Chattanooga, L&N moved its main yard south of town right on the Georgia line. Here a grizzled old vet shows years of hard work at the small engine facility.

M202 comes around Nickajack Lake with a CSX SD40-2 leading.