As three fellow railfans line up their shots, 147 comes blasting out of tunnel 24 with a nice set of foreign power. Shown in the photo are fellow Railpictures contributors Mark Ragan and Gabe Pass... (more)
NS 167 comes blasting out of tunnel 24 at Nemo, TN. Powering the train is a C40-8W which began life in Conrail blue.
"Muddy Reflections". The cab of the lead unit is reflected nicely in a muddy puddle caused by all the recent rain. This was my first trip to Nemo on the NS "Rathole", and it did not disappo... (more)
On the 50th anniversary of the Southern Steam Program. Norfolk Southern ran a special with Southern 630 at the point from Chattanooga to Oneida and back on Saturday June the 7th. It would have bee... (more)
A southbound manifest clears 22 Tunnel and the Emory River Bridge on its way south on the Rathole. This is one of the heavily modified sections of the line during the 1960s improvements, with 23 T... (more)
EMDX 1201, painted in a Caterpillar-inspired demo scheme, led the weekly Cat-train along NS from Illinois to the Port in Savannah, GA. The train is seen here emerging from Tunnel 24, rolling down... (more)
A bright and shiny NS 167 pops out of Tunnel 23 and crosses the Emory River, which enters the Obed to the left. The ventilation cuts are reminiscent of tunnels of the Great West.
Dwarfing a gunite concrete crew relining the tunnel, NS 229 roars out of Nemo Tunnel into the final rays of sun, deep within the Emory River gorge.
Grain train Y6A makes "Finding Nemo" fun!
NS 223 crosses the Emory River between tunnels 22 and 24.
And out pops a bright BNSF Dash 9 . . . .
Southbound NS train 123 blasts out of Tunnel 24 with a splash of color. The train will arrive at Oakdale about 15 minutes later.
CS 123 blasts out of the south portal of Tunnel 24 on the famous 'Rathole'.
NS 8911 leads a southbound out of the first tunnel at Nemo TN.