After working Lhoist North America a few miles south of here at Anderson, the daily Tullahoma turn heads back North as it enters the first cut at Tantallon with about 20 loaded lime hoppers in tow... (more)

Blasting through the first of three rock cuts, CSX Q582-07 led by the 3288 heads northbound to Nashville. The corparate colors of Blue and Orange contrast very well with the greenery from Spring.... (more)

After running around a stalled Q585 on main two, loaded grain train G362 crests the mountain at Whiteside at a walking speed. The two AC44's were down to 2-3 MPH for most of the climb up the steep... (more)

A heavy rain shower sets the scene as a short trackage rights train NS 102 crests Raccoon Mountain with ease. I was dodging thunderstorms all day on this particular day as a severe weather event w... (more)

A gaggle of BNSF power leads Los Angeles bound intermodal 265 around Nickajack Lake late in the evening. The train was nearly three miles long and stretched all the way around the causeway.

The setting sun provides a scenic backdrop as loaded Bryce bound coal train N904 skirts along Nickajack Lake at a good pace. It will shortly begin it's assault up Raccoon Mountain.

CSX Q585-20 (Nashville,TN-Chattanooga,TN) rushes south across the Elk River at Estill Springs, TN for the run to Chattanooga. Daily run Q585 is one of those road local freights that make set off f... (more)

A pair of Geeps assigned to M780 is tied down in idle on the house track across from depot on this bright brisk Sunday morning. The Nashville & Chattanooga Depot (ca.1913) in Tullahoma was built i... (more)

CSX Q585-20 (Nashville,TN-Chattanooga,TN) rushes south across the Elk River at Estill Springs, TN for the run to Chattanooga. Daily run Q585 is one of those road local freights that make set off f... (more)

After letting P001 get out of the way, local M721 pulls out of Wauhatchie Yard. Since I figured Wauhatchie was full & there was no where for them to run around, the dispatcher decided to have them... (more)

The CSX OCS, running as P001, slows down to the crew change point on the old main at Wauhatchie. While the two GEVO's were a bit of a bummer, the main draw for me was the debut of the newest addit... (more)

The CSX OCS, running as P001, slows down to the crew change point on the old main at Wauhatchie. While the two GEVO's were a bit of a bummer, the main draw for me was the debut of the newest addit... (more)

The silence of the night is interrupted by the roar of Northbound intermodal train 23N as it tops the Raccoon Mountain Grade at Whiteside, TN. Seen from inside the portal of 160+ year old Whitesid... (more)

Bulls Gap, TN bound train 102 curves along the banks of Nickajack Lake on a beautiful late Winter morning.

NS train 202-02 lead by the N&W painted NS 8103 is seen passing by a TVA pond just off Nickajack Lake on its way in Chattanooga,TN from Sheffield,AL.