Rushing along the Tennessee near the Nickajack camp ground is the massive CSX Q210-11 (Dixiana,SC-Louisville,KY) on its way north on the CSX Chattanooga Sub after meeting its counterpart train CSX... (more)

A CSX empty grain train rounds lake Nickajack with some colorful power.

A pair of standard cab EMDs lead a CSX work train around Lake Nickajack.

CSX N208-03 (Madisonville,KY-Stilesboro,GA) with a trio of Gevo's at the head cruises down the hill on the outskirts of New Hope, TN heading for Wauhatchie Yard in Chattanooga, TN where this load... (more)

As the evening sun begins to shine at a southwest direction we see the northbound empty hopper train CSX V514-04 high tailing pass the New Hope, TN City Limit (MP J-128.9 New Hope) on it way north... (more)

BNSF power leads a NS coal train on CSX rails by Lake Nickajack as the sun sets behind the mountains. The coal dust flying off the cars made for an awesome effect as the train rolled by.

Delayed significantly by a southbound with engine troubles on the single track, NS 201-01 lays the hammer down as it clears the speed restrictions on Raccoon Mountain.

Even a faded YN3 MAC looks good curving through the cut along Nickajack Lake.

NS train 66K-29 brings 75 brand new WCRC aluminum aggregate hoppers from Roanoke, VA to Memphis, TN for delivery out west. Like many of my photos this year, I reckon this is my last photo of the ... (more)

Running as CSX Z34603, NS train 162-02 passes the searchlights at Alaten, which derives its name from the nearby Alabama/Tennessee border.

Slowing down to take the approach signal at Alaten CSX G661-23 pass on the main track to meet NS 202 waiting in the holding track.

A somewhat rare pair of BNSF SD70ACe's lead a Scherer coal train past a plot of land up for sale. Any takers?

It was a beautiful Sunday morning around the Nickajack Lake area

NS Train 736 running as CSX Z355 has trackage rights on the CSX Chattanooga Sub from Stevenson, AL to Wauhatchie, TN makes there run across Camp Nickajack Lake

Scherer coal empties utilize the CSX trackage rights between Wauhatchie, TN and Stevenson, AL. An NS crew will operate the train but it will run with a CSX 'Z' symbol between those points.