Tanks at Helenwood. Southbound ethanol loads pass through the small hamlet of Helenwood, TN.

Southbound coal loads rumble through the swag at Helenwood behind a clean ACe and an ex-BN Triclops. An ES44AC and standard cab Dash 9 are pushing on the rear.

Norfolk Southern's "office car special" exits the tunnel at Nemo, Tennessee (near Wartburg) during a recent inspection trip. Nemo is located along the famous "Rathole" district... (more)

W97 steel slab loads round the curve into Harriman at CP Strange. The power was a nice catch. One of the remaining examples from the short-lived "white face" scheme, and a veteran SD40-2... (more)

A pair of SD70 series widecabs team up, as they hustle stack train 295 south at McCoy. The crew had these big EMDs under some heavy throttle, and they sure sounded sweet!

NS has recently put a large group of SD60s on lease from various leasing companies to help with power shortages. A pair of those leasers, in the form of ex-SOO and an ex-BN/BNSF "Triclops&quo... (more)

With the sun yet to make it above the hills that surround Oakdale, 116 heads north on a crisp fall morning.

An empty autorack prepares to diverge onto the CNO&TP northbound to Burnside, Kentucky for a crew change. The conductor was wearing a University of Kentucky shirt on a University of Tennessee game... (more)

NS 57Q picks up the pace after a quick meet with a southbound intermodal at Boyce. Here, the train is crossing Tenbridge, which spans the Tennessee River.

After riding the 4501, we stopped to take some pictures at Ten Bridge with a few friends. Here we see the Southern taking a coal train across Tenn Bridge going North on the CNO&TP.

Slowly crossing over the Tennessee River in Chattanooga (M.P. 331.3 CP-Tenbridge) is the coil train NS 397 with direction by the Chattanooga Terminal Dispatcher (CT) out of Knoxville to proceed do... (more)

A northbound manifest picks up speed behind two EMDs crossing the Emory River into Harriman Junction.

A northbound train streaks across the Tennessee River at Tenbridge, its headlight illuminating the lift span ahead. A southbound train is stopped on the bridge, its head end in the yard for a crew... (more)

Getting up and close with the sharp star of the day NS 911 as it lead the heavy load of grain down the CNO&TP on the south side of Spring City, TN ( M.P. 285.1 CP-South Spring City) This is a 1/40... (more)

Just south of the M.P. 311.8 NS 124 (CHATTANOOGA, TN - DECATUR, IL) stomps its way north on the CNO&TP 2nd District. Once the north bound junk freight get to the M.P. 311.8 the train will take the... (more)