An SD50 with YN2 paint is a rare treat these days. This one showed up at the Nissan automotive plant in Smyrna, TN, this week.

Cabooses are a rare sight these days, except on local runs where they are often used for shoving duty. This old Conrail/NYC unit has been in service here in Murfreesboro for many years now.

Q583 slides by the old Murfreesboro depot and yard on its way to Chattanooga. This long, heavy train is challenging the motive power this morning as they are struggling to maintain 30 to 35 mph. ... (more)

An old Baldwin 2-6-2 Prairie type locomotive, built in 1927, sits as a static display in Lynnville, TN, along with a 1923 Pullman coach, a flat car, and a caboose built in 1971. The depot is ... (more)

The depot in Mineral Bluff, GA, sits on the now abandoned line that ran between Blue Ridge, GA, and Murphy, NC. It was built in 1887 by the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad and is the last remain... (more)

The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway daily excursion train is ready to receive passengers at the restored depot in Blue Ridge, GA. A leisurely ride over former Marietta & North Georgia tracks will take ... (more)

On a blazing hot June afternoon, a work order train changes mains as it eases off the Chattanooga Sub and heads to Kayne Ave. This is the point where the Chattanooga Sub (to the left) and the S&N... (more)

Nashville's only commuter train, The Music City Star, has finished its last run of the morning and is returning to home base in Lebanon.

Q581-1 has just cleared the Smyrna signal and passed MPJ21 on the Chattanooga Sub. Fellow RP contributor Kyle Yunker was kind enough to point out that this is the only engine on the CSX roster to... (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)

Local power for the Nissan plant in Smyrna, TN this week is this mother/slug combo. Here it sits in the morning sunshine by the Florence Rd crossing awaiting a crew to begin another day of shovin... (more)

It is a hot, muggy eve of the 1st day of summer as L565 eases back onto the main from the siding in Fosterville and heads north after letting a southbound stack train pass. This Helm Financial SD... (more)

On a long abandoned siding of the Walking Horse & Eastern sits this pair of long abandoned cabooses. I know they've been here since at least 2006, and maybe much longer. How and why they ended up... (more)

On a long abandoned industrial siding of the Walking Horse & Eastern sits this former Sante Fe Caboose. I know it's been here since at least 2006, and may have been here much longer. This was on... (more)