A rather clean Mac rebuild leads loaded rail train W015-12 across the world famous Copper Creek Trestle along the Clinchfield. The train consisted of 40 loaded rail cars all of the Chessie System ... (more)

The Cowan pusher enters Big Hormady Cut as it shoves Northbound Q580 up the steep Cumberland Mountain Grade.

The sounds of GE prime movers echoes off the walls within Big Hormady Cut as the Cowan pusher shoves heavy mixed freight train Q580 up the nearly three percent grade at Tantallon. Big Hormady Cut ... (more)

An EMD 645 prime mover could be heard for miles laboring up the steep Northbound grade up to the peak of the Cumberland Plateau. Finally X582 exit's the 2,200ft long Cumberland Mountain Tunnel at ... (more)

Extra loaded autorack train L211 prepares to enter one of the large cuts on the South side of Cumberland Mountain. With all the rain we received over the winter many of the areas natural springs w... (more)

G443 had the brakes drawn down and it's motors in full dynamic as the heavy grain train makes it's way South down the Cumberland Mountain grade at Tantallon.

The Cowan pusher's first shift job H281 helps hold back 12,000 tons of grain as G443 eases down the steep 2.5% South slope of Cumberland Mountain. The pusher would cut away at Sherwood and assist ... (more)

The morning fog is burning off the mountain as Q585 howls South with an ex-Conrail SD40-2 leading the way through the final cut on Cumberland Mountain at Tantallon. Not trying to beat a dead horse... (more)

CSX's Office Car Special train eases down Cumberland Mountain and into the final large rock cut as it continues it's journey South back to Jacksonville, FL with big brass on board. I made the hike... (more)

The sounds of rushing waters and birds chirping is interrupted by the sounds of howling dynamics and squalling breaks as loaded train N319-25 has the brakes drawn down and it's motors in full dyna... (more)

Traffic was quite dense yesterday morning on the Chatt Sub with Northbound and Southbound trains stacked up awaiting a push up the bottle neck that is Cumberland Mountain. Q143 however was well be... (more)

A EMD veteran brings loaded Savannah, GA bound coke train W221 through the first of many cuts on the Southside of Cumberland Mountain. The howl of the 40's dynamics could be heard for miles before... (more)

With all the madness that's been circling social media partaining to COVID-19 I decided to go do some hiking in a very remote and undershot location along the Chatt Sub last weekend. No service, n... (more)

NS run through mixed freight has them throttled up as it makes a run for the steep Raccoon Mountain grade during a heavy snow shower that dumped nearly five inches on the greater Chattanooga area.

Southbound Q583 is in full dynamics as Northbound Q580 has them in notch 8 throttle climbing the steep Raccoon Mountain grade. Early morning snowfall dumped nearly five inches of wet snow on the C... (more)