Is it OK to call yourself a "pre ditch light" railfan? Just a thought. In any case, NS had two really rare models and here is one on a SB double stack train in the remote Bluegrass State country... (more)

After crossing the south fork of the Green River the CNO&TP began a major climb to this small hamlet. This used to require a narrow gassy tunnel. No more, thanks to a forward-thinking Southern R... (more)

A pair of NS rebuilds, one from Wabtec and one from Progress Rail, lead Norfolk Southern manifest freight 376 as it heads north over High Bridge, crossing over the Kentucky River in High Bridge, K... (more)

The "Rathole" is an actually a study in contrasts all the way from Cincinnati to Emory Gap. This is one of the flat areas that intersperse with the rugged territory. Hear a hot SB merc... (more)

Northbound hoppers at a location which has changed much since the days when a tower was really here. The broom sedge emerging after the line relocation has no doubt given way to scrub pines and b... (more)

A southbound merchandise with a native locomotive rolls by a good spot on the CNO&TP. I wonder how soon Cincy will figure out they made an error selling it. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my c... (more)

A northbound grain train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

K&T's facility in the tiny town sits hard by the CNO&TP main. Here we see the main, the scale house, NS maintenance of way trailers and the entire roster or ex-DRGW Alcos. In the seventies there... (more)

Coming around the bend, a Southbound freight rolls through Greenwood as the journey continues down The Rathole.

NS "Southern" 4610 sits at the servicing facility at Ludlow Ky.

A southbound unit train exits the Southern bridge and Gest Street Yard over the river in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNO&TP) still leases the Cincinnati Sout... (more)

Norfolk Southern Roadrailer train 258, powered by NS EMD GP60 No. 7115, passes through a deep cut of the Southern Railway’s upgraded “Rathole” line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga at Keno... (more)

Norfolk Southern Train 29A heads south across Tenbridge into Chattanooga, TN.

With a string of containers trailing behind NS 28C heads north up the former CNO&TP.

It's a cold blue hour as NS 26C (Jacksonville,FL-Chicago,IL) start to pick up the pace after getting a diverging-clear signal at Tenbridge to cross over to the adjacent track. Like anything that i... (more)