Southbound CSX Q575 with SD70MAC up front heads for its next stop of Nashville.

A former L&N SD40-2 leads Q575 south for Louisville as it passes through LaGrange.

CSXT Q575 limps through Mitchellville after an emergency stop in Franklin, KY after an air hose snapped, leaving Q575 stranded in Franklin, blocking every crossing. Q575 has CSXT 889, CSXT 435, UP... (more)

CSX Q575 reflects a bit of sunlight on this rather warm fall day in Glencoe, KY.

Well into the climb up Ardmore Hill on the former L&N mainline, the five units on the head end of Q575 blast out of the tunnel just north of the town of Ardmore, which straddles the Alabama/Tennes... (more)

Black Warrior River. Mulberry Fork.

Q575 prepares to stop to switch Oakworth Yard before continuing south. Those "original 700," now 4500-series SD70MACs are among my personal favorites in contemporary mainline motive power. They so... (more)

A BNSF Dash 9 with primer paint on the front corner of the cab leads CSX train Q575, which often sports BNSF power, through Hartselle. Too bad the SD75M wasn't leading.

Q575 races down the former L&N mainline with a colorful consist of BNSF power accentuating the fall foliage.

Q575 is having no trouble climbing the grade as it roars through Vinemont. Notice a cross memorializing a recent grade crossing accident victim perched in the trees to the left and a gas truck wor... (more)

Q575 switches at the south end of Oakworth Yard, which is still protected by L&N "searchlight" signals (for the time being)

after shooting it just a few weeks ago in Decatur, Warbonnet 914 makes another appearance on the former L&N in north Alabama, leading a mix of HLCX and UP power on CSX train Q575 through the sidin... (more)