Coming around the curve just south of Harriman,TN (Emory Gap) is NS 957 with the Southern Heritage Unit pulling the NS 21st Century Steam Excursion to Onieda,TN.
A former Southern SW 9 sits in a scrap yard in Harriman.
This train has come off the line from Knoxville to deliver coal to the Kingston TVA Plant.
A trio of classic EMD highhoods bring Emory Gap local T37 through this rural scene just south of Harriman as it begins its slow journey to Rockwood along the former Tennessee Central branch. The m... (more)
A pair of NS SD40-2s leads a Conrail GP southbound through Emory Gap in October 1987.
A southbound freight led by NS C39-8 #8647 passes by on the mainline as N&W 1218 is laying over in the yard at Emory Gap awaiting its return trip to Chattanooga later in the day.
STOP-Obstruction Ahead That's what the sign the NS supervisors are carrying away said. To test the crew of the southbound TVA coal train to see if they followed the speed restriction, the s... (more)
Southern 630's rods, which ran slightly hot on the northbound trip, get greased up in preparation for the run south.
Southern 630 begins the trip south, taking the CNOTP main at CP Strange.
Southern 630 arrives in Harriman at the midpoint of its trip.
What a great 1st day of Spring. F-units, growing greens and pretty purples. NS OCS out of Cincy rounds the curve between Harriman and Emory Gap.
An old Southern Railway Transfer Caboose waits its fate at Harriman.
Two NS GP38-2s idle as the yard switch crew prepares for a shove deeper into the Emory Gap yard on a cool Thursday morning.
NS 7629 and NS 9602 shove a loaded coal train past the Emory Gap yard office and the many stationary rail cars in the yard.
After swapping crews at Oakdale a southbound NS coal train is on the move crossing the Emory River. One wonders if the resident of this lovely little home is railfan? Because if they are they ce... (more)
