Q647 glides down the south slope of Raccoon Mountain with the SD40-2 that Q580 gave when the seconed unit died.
Yes, it really is that steep, and yes, it really does curve that much!
Memphis 325 on CSX rails climbing Racoon Mtn.
NS M-79 heads southbound through Wildwood, Ga enroute to Birmingham, Al.
NS 15-T ducks under CSX's Wildwood lead bridge along US Hwy 11
NS eastbound train is "timetable southbound" on CSX (ex-NC&StL) Nashville to Chattanooga main.
NS 130 eases by the defect detector at milepost 8.2 , under a 10 mph speed restriction due to track maintanance, enroute to Debutts yard in Chattanooga,TN
"CW44-6" is the designation given by CSX to AC6000CWs de-rated to 4,400 hp beginning in late 2002.
I don`t usually photo NS Dash 9`s but I really did the super elevation on this curve.
CSX rides the super elevated track up Racoon Mtn.