CSX and NS share the mainline between Chattanooga, TN and Stevenson, AL, in order to get across the Tennessee River on the same bridge. The new bridge is only a few feet from the old bridge which... (more)

Q211 was split into two trains today, and this is S211, the other half, pouring on the coal as she gets a rolling start at the 1.8% grade of Cumberland Mountain. The GE 44 tonner is the former NC... (more)

Lots of new things here. New main. New siding for the propane distributor. New Komatsu excavators from the Chattanooga plant. Top it all off with a smoke show from an ex-Conrail SD60M and you'v... (more)

Late in the afternoon on a late fall day, a pair of EMD's lead Q583 across the Elk River bridge. The second engine, #4848, is an SD70ACe, a fairly rare bird for CSX. Q583 is a daily train from N... (more)

Q583 rolls past a old NC&StL caboose on static display in Wartrace, TN. The caboose is painted in L&N colors, but was actually built in 1954 and served the NC&StL until the full merger with L&N w... (more)

The local power is tied down for the weekend beside the old NC&StL depot in Tullahoma. The depot now houses offices and shops used by CSX MoW.

I don't know whose job it is to take care of the "Welcome to Fosterville" sign, but I think they've dropped the ball... But welcomed or not, Q029 rolls into town for a brief visit on its way to At... (more)

On a beautiful February day, Q133 heads south across the Elk River near Estill Springs, TN on her way to Jacksonville, FL.

Beautifully restored L&N 405 rolls around the elevated curve past the Donelson Passenger Station. Built in 1951 for L&N, this GP7 now pulls excursion trains for the Tennessee Central Railway Muse... (more)

Chattooga & Chickamauga 102 made its last run on Friday, March 16, 2018. She still sits in the yard at LaFayette, GA, but her stacks are wrapped with plastic garbage bags and parts have already b... (more)

Four flag-less UP SD70M's, all facing cab forward, deep in the heart of Dixie on the CSX Chattanooga sub. This consist was a welcome break from the usual sea of blue.

The afternoon shadows have grown long as Q583 races into Tullahoma. Here it is about to slide between the old NC&StL depot and the local power, a GP38-2.

Dispatcher: "Q029-23 this is dispatch. Will you need a push over the mountain at Cowan tonight?" Engineer: "Yes ma'am, if we want to get to the other side we will." Dispatcher: "Well then 02... (more)

The historic depot in Stevenson, Alabama, is all decked out for Christmas. It was built in 1872 as a joint venture between the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and the Nashville and Chattanooga R... (more)

Q211 is about to pass the old control tower in Cowan, TN. When the NC&StL went to CTC control in 1944, all traffic between Nashville and Stevenson, AL, was controlled from this building. Here Q2... (more)