I've seen Q133 as long as 9100', but when it gets longer than that, they split the train in two, as they have today. Here the 6621' long second half, L133, has just passed the Stones River Cemete... (more)

Two brand new NRE 3GS21B Gensets (USAX 6519 and 6520) arrived at Ft. Campbell this week. They are awaiting final set up and start up, which is scheduled to occur within the next week.

An SD70 from Norfolk Southern leads CSX 646 through Wartrace, TN on a beautiful last day of 2014. The caboose on the left is part of History Park which tells us, among other things, that Wartrace... (more)

While waiting in Stevenson, AL for a signal to advance to Bridgeport and cross the Tennessee River on CSX trackage rights, the engineer on this NS manifest had to ask the dispatcher to "Tell ... (more)

This NS manifest is running on CSX trackage rights across the Tennessee River on the "new" bridge at Bridgeport, Alabama. The old rail bridge is now a pedestrian walk way and is a great place for... (more)

Even a dreary winter day can't dim the beauty of this E8(A). Built in 1953 for NYC, the 6902 is now privately owned. It wears Tennessee Central Railway Museum reporting marks and is often used fo... (more)

Standing tall on a very short dead-line, this ex MILW FP7 faces an uncertain future. All non-used equipment of the Walking Horse & Eastern has been scrapped in the last couple of years, making th... (more)

I wanted to get a few more pictures of WHOE 806 while I still could. All other non-used equipment the WHO&E owns has been scrapped, leaving this ex MILW FP7 as the lone non-running survivor. ... (more)

Beautifully restored L&N 405 rolls around the elevated curve past the Donelson Passenger Station. Built in 1951 for L&N, this GP7 now pulls excursion trains for the Tennessee Central Railway Muse... (more)

This GP35M started life with Southern Railway as GP30 #2641. After being wrecked it was rebuilt as an GP35M, and ended her days of service as part of the RJ Croman fleet. Still sporting her high ... (more)

This southbound GP40-2/Road Slug combo eases onto the siding at Fosterville for a meet with northbound Q675 on an unusually warm late November day.

Still bearing Sequatchie Valley reporting marks, this GP38 is now the only running power on the Walking Horse & Eastern. As best I can tell from internet research, this GP38 was originally PC 782... (more)

Northbound X788-31 slides through Murfreesboro with the sun barely above the horizon on time change Sunday. Don't know why, but this power move put every other train on the Chattanooga sub onto t... (more)

I vividly remember the day the derailed propane tank car exploded in Waverly, TN. It was February 24, 1978. The explosion and resulting fire destroyed downtown, killed sixteen, and permanently i... (more)

Sadly, the NW2 in this picture, originally built in 1948 for Southern Railway, has recently been scrapped. Behind the NW2 sits an FP7 delivered to Milwaukee Road in 1950. There is talk of making... (more)