Looking like a model train set, Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans (Train 59) snakes through downtown Memphis, over an hour behind schedule, as it approaches Central Station. Look closely and... (more)
Daylight in Memphis! The Amtrak City Of New Orleans arrived in Memphis, TN at just before 1300 on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Normally at this time of year this train would be a pre-dawn arrival.
Daylight in Memphis! The Webb Rail “Babbling Brook” and “Pacific Union” were holding the markers on The Amtrak City Of New Orleans on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Normally at this time of year this... (more)
Nice view of the Diesel Servicing facility in BNSF's Ex-Frisco Tennessee Yard including the turntable to nowhere!!
CN empty coal train hits the CSX diamond at CP Leewood on CN's Fulton Sub.
A couple of R.J. Corman locomotives sit waiting on the next assignment behind Tennessee Yard.
RSSX #2537 awaits its next assignment at the Cargill Plant on President's Island in Memphis, TN.
UPY 940, the North Little Rock Centennial locomotive, sits on the Progress Rail tracks on President's Island in Memphis, TN. I would assume it is here to be scrapped.
A pair of BNSF locomotives sit waiting on their next assignment at Tennessee Yard on a beautiful fall evening in Memphis, TN.
Deep within President's Island, RSSX 2580 prepares to pull a cut of cars out of the receiving yard. In the background across the river, one can see the TVA plant.
UP 8675 holds Cox Street near Overton Square as it awaits a CSX crew to take it east to Nashville.
UP 4897 waits for clearance into Memphis, TN shortly after crossing the Harahan Bridge.
UP 6259 eases a short eastbound manifest across the CN diamond in Memphis, TN. In the background UP 4894 holds waiting for clearance into Memphis.
Amid the fall colors, BNSF 8594 sits waiting for its next crew in Memphis, TN.
CSX 3472 sits waiting to depart the joint CN/CSX intermodal yard south of Memphis, TN, while CSX 124 appears to be getting refueled. The TVA plant can be seen in the background.
