Two EMD SD70ACes lead an empty coal train around one of the many sharp curves on the Chattanooga Subdivision.

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)

This view of the bridge across Stewart Creek in Smyrna was hidden by brush and trees until a couple of months ago when CSX cleared the area in preparation for replacing the bridge. The new steel... (more)

The Murfreesboro local is running light engines, headed south to switch some strudel ingredients around at the Pillsbury plant. In the background the old Conrail caboose that is used as a shoving... (more)

Cursing along side at 45 mph CSX Q582-04 with a slightly dusty but brand new ET44AH at the head of the 6,562 foot long manifest on its way north for Nashville, TN on this beautiful late winter mor... (more)

A CSX train crosses Running Water Creek as it threads its way out of Alabama and briefly into Tennessee. It will leave Tennessee and enter Georgia, before finally returning to Tennessee at Chattan... (more)

CSX Z338-05 (NS 325) is seen here doing track speed on the outskirt of Stevenson, AL on its way north (west in NS term) for Sheffield, AL. Once the train get into town of Stevenson it will jump of... (more)

Finally underway after going into emergency at the Milepost J-143.4 due to a failed MU-Cable, CSX Q675-11 (Hamlet-NC-Nashville,TN) lean into the curve as it climb up the steep Raccoon Mountain gra... (more)

A Norfolk Southern train passes the station at Bridgeport, Ala. The depot now houses a museum. A locomotive from the Sequatchie Valley shortline is visible to the right of the depot.

A Norfolk Southern train on CSX trackage passes the abandoned tunnel at Whiteside, Tenn. In a few minutes the train will duck briefly into Georgia as it makes its way to Chattanooga.

A Norfolk Southern train crosses the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, Ala., on shared trackage with CSX. The former railroad bridge is now a hiking trail.

"Steping though Time!" We get a different prospective of railroad action in Cowan. It was a cold night, and the depot clerk watches on from the inside of the 112 year old N.C. & St. L depot as CSX... (more)

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

A long and heavy southbound manifest drops downgrade off Raccoon Mountain as it heads for a crew change a few miles down the line.

CSX N101-15 (Evansville,IN/EVWR-Cross,SC) is on the final leg of this segment of the journey on the Chattanooga Sub. The Santee Cooper coal bucket will continue down the mountain till it arrives a... (more)