Heading southbound out into the rural country on the way to Nashville.

This telephoto view of 8253 makes her look as big as she really is! Behind 8253 is 6497, plenty of power for the Cumberland Yard, much of which as you can see is on a grade. Look at all the antenn... (more)

This remote operator watches his long cut of autoracks back toward him down a freight track, up front are SD40-2 8253 and GP40-2 6497, lots of power for the yard.

After building a long train, the operator has cut his engines from the cars, and will take his switchers back into the yard for more work. He's heading towards a switch which will allow him to tak... (more)

CSXT Cumberland Car Maintenance Facility at 07:05

The extreme end ot the west Cumberland Yard is just across from the Amtrak Station, which is where I was standing when I took this photo of the remote operator and his steed.

An Engineer observes the tracks as he pulls a line of freight cars past the AY junction at Acca Yards.

Remote control CSX 8253 sporting a fresh coat of dark future paint is shot here working the north end of Collier Yard on a hot Tuesday morning.