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)

Q582 emerges from the foliage for a brief moment as it dashes across the West Fork of the Stones River.

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.

A prisoner work detail pauses to greet Q583 as it rolls past the Cowan RR Museum at the foot of Cumberland Mountain on a misty Saturday morning. A rare 1920 Porter 2-4-2 steam locomotive stands s... (more)

The Fosterville Volunteer Fire Department heads north out of town as Q029 rolls south into town.

Q582 emerges from the north end of the tunnel through Cumberland Mountain near Cowan, TN. This tunnel was completed in 1852 before the Nashville and Chattanooga rail line got here. The first tra... (more)

A pair of SD70MAC's are notched up as they pull the 8188' long Q133 at the track limit of 60mph past the old Murfreesboro depot.

Wartrace was a work camp for the Nashville-Chattanooga Railroad when the line was originally built. Once the line was complete, a branch line was built to Shelbyville, which is the line angling o... (more)

Spring has come early to middle TN, and Q210 bursts through the new green foliage for just a second as she crosses the West Fork of the Stones River on her way to Louisville.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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