CSX Q581 slowly come down the main in the Alton Park area getting ready to make a stop at the 23rd St. Interlock.

Straight out of the box We get a close look at the few month old CSX motor at the time. CSXT 3171 in its dazzling new image blue, and gold, leads a sister unit, and a ration of lo... (more)

NB grain train comes off Racoon Mountain with something a little unusual and ex-Conrail 4-axle unit. At the left is the line where NS joins the joint trackage for the westbound mountain climb.

Q029 rolls through a city park in Murfreesboro late in the afternoon on its way to Atlanta from Chicago.

Watching the engineer and conductor of the Tullahoma local make up their train was like watching a choreographed dance routine. Obviously not their first rodeo, these guys were true artists. Onc... (more)

only 1 of 4 units ordered by the NC&StL. This is the only known example to be in existence.

Southbound coal train on its way south while passing over beautiful and calm Lake Nickajack

Joint trackage line with the CSX and NS. Tunnel portal is from days of Civil War vintage

The Tullahoma local is powered by a freshly painted GP38-2 running long nose forward. Here it pulls a cut of cars past "History Park" which features an all steel L&N caboose built in 1964. They ... (more)

Dispatcher: "Q029-23 this is dispatch. Will you need a push over the mountain at Cowan tonight?" Engineer: "Yes ma'am, if we want to get to the other side we will." Dispatcher: "Well then 02... (more)

A short, 1600' extra section of Q144 glides downgrade off Raccoon Mountain.

Sometimes you get lucky... the sun was still shining when this matched set of SD50s rolled north.

A short freight cruises up the east side of Raccoon Mountain on a cool fall afternoon.

Q675 passes alongside Nickajack Lake on a beautiful fall evening. The sun was reflecting off the water onto the left side of the mountain.

NS 362-03 speeds over the CSX Chattanooga Sub on trackage rights. Fall on Nickajack Lake can even make Catfish look really good.