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)

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)

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)

With all the madness that's been circling social media partaining to COVID-19 I decided to go do some hiking in a very remote and undershot location along the Chatt Sub last weekend. No service, n... (more)

Nearing the end of it's run after making great time outta Memphis, Norfolk Southern's OCS crests the Raccoon Mountain grade and passes the Civil War Era tunnel at Whiteside, TN. The tunnel was bui... (more)

The sound of GE prime movers echoe through the mountains as BNSF run through intermodal train 264 (Los Angeles, CA - Atlanta, GA) tops the grade at Whiteside.

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)

361 scoots through CP Green after meeting a Northbound 322. The Yellow painted mane represents Progress Rail who is a subsidiary of Cat. This cab is sorta like the older SD70M's NS has but with th... (more)

Traffic was quite dense yesterday morning on the Chatt Sub with Northbound and Southbound trains stacked up awaiting a push up the bottle neck that is Cumberland Mountain. Q143 however was well be... (more)

Under the last bit of Fall foliage. Q584 snakes through the rock walls of Big Hormady Cut as it makes it's way North towards Nashville.

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)

G443 had the brakes drawn down and it's motors in full dynamic as the heavy grain train makes it's way South down the Cumberland Mountain grade at Tantallon.

Southbound coal bucket N313 skies across Copper Creek Trestle during a heavy rain shower on the former Clinchfield. The rain is a welcoming sight due to drought conditions across the entire Southe... (more)

After working Lhoist North America a few miles south of here at Anderson, the daily Tullahoma turn heads back North as it enters the first cut at Tantallon with about 20 loaded lime hoppers in tow... (more)

As the snow begins to fall, loaded military train S279 climbs through the first of many cuts on the Southern side of Cumberland Mountain.