This photo is for all the nay-sayers (you know who you are) that said my trainwatching days were over when I was married. Eight days after my wedding, my Bride & I were out shopping/trainwatching... (more)
Some people like to golf the morning of their Wedding. I chose to spend time with my Dad & Friend watching trains. We were lucky to catch a Cincinnati-Atlanta freight with the perfect light angle ... (more)
A detouring coke train from Ensley, AL to Connellsville, PA rolls through Emerson siding at restricted speed while loaded coal train U26322 holds the main. A curfew on the SN&A North Sub has brou... (more)
Southbound R647 passes the old L&N signals at the north end of Emerson.
Three standard cab diesels in "Bright Future" lead Q540 through Emerson. This looks more like 1998 than 2008!
A trio of "Dark Future" units climb out of the Etowah River Valley with southbound R647 in tow.
A colorful northbound rolls through Emerson behind CSXT 7828, CSXT 5467, CN 5708 and IC 1020.
Southbound Q581 was powered by a trio of standard cab EMD's. SD50 #8600, SD40-2 #8887 and SD40-2 #8135.
With juice cars on the front, a northbound crosses the Etowah River.
A southbound coal train struggles to climb out of the Etowah River Valley as it passes over the kudzu-covered hillside.
Dwelling amidst the kudzu covered banks of the Etowah river, I snapped this shot of Q540 as it wound down to the river in heavy DB from the top of the hill at Emerson.
NB CSX freight with UP power soaring high over the Etowah River.
