Empty coal bucket 745 crosses Kennedy Trestle, one of the many curved trestles between Coeburn and St.Paul on the scenic Clinch Valley District.
NS's specially painted first SD70ACC adds some color to a otherwise dark and gloomy day in the Southeast as it splits the rock walls of the large cut at Haletown, TN leading 365 towards Sheffield,... (more)
After running around a stalled Q585 on main two, loaded grain train G362 crests the mountain at Whiteside at a walking speed. The two AC44's were down to 2-3 MPH for most of the climb up the steep... (more)
After a quick crew change at Burnside, NS 224 continues it's journey North on the CNO&TP as it crosses Lake Cumberland.
Pusher set J67 brings up the rear of loaded coal train 82G as it crosses the famouse ex N&W bridge at Coopers.
Short trackage rights slop freight 362 winds down the steep Racoon Mountain grade as it gets closer and closer to it's destination of DeButts Yard in Chattanooga. Heavy thunderstorms have just hit... (more)
A couple of visitors from across the border lead NS train 686 across the Holston River at Honeycutt.
Empty coal bucket 799 continues its journey Westbound on the Appalachia District while a snowy Clinch Mountain looms in the background.
Northbound hotshot intermodal Q142 rockets out of the historic Cumberland Mountain Tunnel in Cowan, TN on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau.
A heavy rain shower sets the scene as a short trackage rights train NS 102 crests Raccoon Mountain with ease. I was dodging thunderstorms all day on this particular day as a severe weather event w... (more)
Ole glory flies as one of the DC to AC units eases through downtown Bulls Gap on a peaceful overcast morning.
Snow and the South is not a good combination. A normally 12 minute drive took me nearly two hours to get to the top of Racoon Mountain due to pile ups and cars in ditches everywhere along I-24 and... (more)
Empty coal bucket 799 exits the dark confines of Natural Tunnel and into the nearly foot of snow that fell a couple days earlier.
A ex BN tri-clops brings empty grain loads through Camp Austin.
The Cowan pusher enters Big Hormady Cut as it shoves Northbound Q580 up the steep Cumberland Mountain Grade.
