Union Pacific’s Operation Lifesaver train returns to Pine Bluff Yard after the 5th and final trip of the day.
Operation Lifesaver trip departs Pine Bluff with the UP 1996 and UP 1982 as power.
GP38-2 2711 waits out the long Memorial Day weekend as the power for the Tullahoma local, the old train station behind the engine is still used by CSX.
Q597 passes through the Nashville National Cemetery which has been decorated with American flags in preparation for Memorial Day services.
The Cowan Railroad Museum’s train sits next to the former NC&STL depot which houses the museum.
2 former Santa Fe B23-7’s sit quietly in Nashville & Eastern’s Stanley Street Yard near downtown Nashville.
South Central Tennessee’s “Miss Minnie Pearl” sits under the stars near Centerville, TN; the SW1200 is named after Country Comedian Minnie Pearl who was from Centerville.
With her faded paint and broken windows “Little Miss” is a sad reminder that a railroad once ran here.
RJ Corman’s SD40-2 3438 and GP16 1807 sit unassigned at Russellville, KY.
Pyramid Mining’s Alco “Little Miss” sits abandoned at the Bixby rail loading facility near Echols, KY.
2 GP16’s await their next assignment under a full moon at South Union, KY.
Q649 crosses over the Ohio River flood plain as it begins it journey down the Henderson Sub.
Y121 prepares to shove through the wye to the Nashville & Western interchange in north Nashville; a large cut of cars puts the power on the Bicentennial Mall Bridge.