As the sun fades away on this late summer evening, so does an end of an era in the greater northeast Alabama area. CSX N057-23 (Stevenson,AL-Evansville,IN/EVWR) is polishing the rail through the q... (more)

It was in the turn of the Century in a once booming industrial town that was carried from the mid-19th century. Cowan, TN had everything from agriculture at the foothill of the Cumberland Plateau ... (more)

My first encounter with the uniquely built SD40-3 was when CSX 4030 was leading the northbound CSX Q582-22 (Atlanta,GA-Nashville,TN) through Dalton, GA on the CSX Western & Atlantic Sub. Well my f... (more)

Just south of La Vergne on the CSX Chattanooga Sub we catch Loram RG-400 grinding the rail head south of the Stricland Holdout track, with a work permit out the Rail Grinder, and it's team of othe... (more)

Too much mountain tonnage! At the town Cowan, TN CSX Q212-05 (Waycross,GA-Louisville,KY) slowly eases its way down the Cumberland Plateau with a pair of C40-8 pulling the long e... (more)

Rain..rain..rain..oh wait a train! NS 68W is at a crawl as the loaded Georgia Power train is creeping south toward the end of the NS Cohutta District on a diverging-approach si... (more)

Haulage rights train NS 265 (CSX Z346-15) makes the climb up the 1.22% Raccoon Mountain grade at Wildwood, GA (MP J-142.0 Wildwood) on it's trek for the BNSF Railway in Memphis, TN. The Los Angles... (more)

After hitting the crest of Raccoon Mountain on the main 1 track at Whiteside, TN. CSX Z346-15 (NS 265) is about to pass the Whiteside Tunnel (which I'm on top of) before making the decent down th... (more)

After NS 179 clears Control-Point Hixson (CP) MP-328.7, NS I76 (Jacksonville,FL-Princeton,IN) gets the diverging clear signal to proceed off the the main 1 track, and on the single main at the end... (more)

The empty South Carolina Public Service Authority CSX E319-08 (Cross,SC-Evansville,IN/EVWR) is at the end of the double track main, and is about to knock down the restriction signal at Lookout Va... (more)

Well we now know why that the Western & Atlantic Sub was very slow today. With a work permit that start from the North-End of Boyce MP WA-132.0 to the North-End of Graysville MP WA-121.4, all hand... (more)

NC&StL 710 wait patiently at the west base leg of the wye at Grand Junction at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum on this raining Sunday evening. The 68 year old GP7 is teaming up Tennessee Alab... (more)

After completing the evening last Valentine's Dinner train, both restored Geeps are now facing west at the platform, and is ready to take the train, and set it off at the yard track. Also being le... (more)

After making a crew change 170th St. in Cameron, IL BNSF C-ALNMEK1-19 (Alliance,NE-Memphis,TN/NS) get the diverging approach signal to proceed off the BNSF Ottumwa Sub (MP-164.64) and onto the Gal... (more)

Veteran Engineer Brian"Conrail" Edward wave from the cab of NS 180 (Macon,GA-Bellevue,OH) as the freight rocket pass on the main 1 track trying to get a running head start up the Howardsville grad... (more)