June 27, 2019 – Engine 381 leads the Music City Star commuter train 159 as it heads east to it’s final station of the day at Lebanon, Tennessee on the Nashville and Eastern Railroad line during a summer rain.
Nashville and Eastern railroad…
June 26, 2019 – Well, after searching for about two hours along the Nashville and Eastern railroad between and around Gordonsville and Cookeville, Tennessee I didn’t luck out and find a single train out working. I was able to catch this view of Carthage Junction at Gordonsville however, so it wasn’t a wasted trip! Photo was shot from a crossing. To the left goes into Gordonsville and the right towards Cookeville.
March 9, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q029 at Nashville, TN
March 9, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) heads south, approaching the 8th Street Overpass, where it will pass a northbound mixed freight in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 9, 2019 – NC&StL Steam Locomotive sits…
March 9, 2019 – NC&StL Steam Locomotive sits under stormy skies in downtown Nashville, TN, as workers inspect it after stopping for a display at Union Station. After several hours on display the locomotive was then towed on its own wheels to the restoration facility at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum, where it will undergo and estimated two years of restoration.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a railway company operated in the southern United States in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. It began as the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, chartered in Nashville in December 11, 1845, built to 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge and was the first railway to operate in the state of Tennessee. By the turn of the twentieth century, the NC&StL grew into one of the most important railway systems in the southern United States. Visit http://www.nashvillesteam.org/ to find out more information and how you can help support this endeavor. – #jimstrainphotos #tennesseerailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #NCSL576 #steamlocomotive
March 9, 2019 – CSX Q028 head north as it passes NC&StL…
March 9, 2019 – CSX Q028 head north as it passes NC&StL Steam Locomotive and CSX 576 NC&SL Sticker unit as they set on display next to Union Station in downtown Nashville, TN. The locomotive was then towed on its own wheels to the restoration facility at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum, where it will undergo and estimated two years of restoration. Visit http://www.nashvillesteam.org/ to find out more information and how you can help support this endeavor. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #NCSL576 #steamlocomotive
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 525 leads Q029-11…
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 525 leads Q029-11 as it heads south through Adams, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – Northbound CSX intermodal Q026…
December 12, 2018 – Northbound CSX intermodal Q026 passes a southbound mixed freight at the north end of Cedar Hill, Tennessee at dusk on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 3145 leads loaded coal train N058…
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 3145 leads loaded coal train N058 as it heads south across the Sulfur Creek Trestle at Springfield, Tennessee on its way south along the Henderson Subdivision with a DPU pushing from the rear. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
September 15, 2018 – Tennessee Southern Railroad refurbished locomotives CEFX 6671 and 6352…
September 15, 2018 – Tennessee Southern Railroad refurbished locomotives CEFX 6671 and 6352 bring up the end of the consist on CSX Q589 as it heads out of Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana headed south on the Henderson Subdivision.
According to their website: The Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR) operates a total of 149 miles (including 118 main line miles) of rail line running from Columbia, Tennessee (46 miles south of Nashville, Tennessee), to Pulaski, Tennessee, and from Columbia, Tennessee, to Florence, Alabama. Of the 118 main line miles, approximately 109 miles of the TSRR are located in Lawrence, Giles and Maury Counties in middle Tennessee, while the remaining 9 miles are located in Lauderdale County in northwest Alabama.
The TSRR interchanges with Class I carrier CSX Transportation at Natco, Tennessee. TSRR also provides intermodal services between the railroad, river barges and trucks at its port facilities located in Florence, Alabama, at the Port of Florence. The Port of Florence is strategically located on the Tennessee River. In addition, TSRR has the ability to transload products between rail cars and trucks at its cross-dock facility located in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 22, 2018 – RJ Corman’s 3805 leads it’s train east…
August 22, 2018 – RJ Corman’s 3805 leads it’s train east to Guthrie, Ky after doing a day of pickup and drop offs along the Memphis Turn, with 3863 trailing. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #rjc #rjcrailroad #rjcormanrailroad
CSX Q029-13 SB at Red River, Adams, TN
January 13, 2018 – CSX intermodal Q029-13 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) makes its way through the Red River Cut, just north of Adams, Tennessee, with fresh snow lining the walls and the track.
CSX Q648 (Waycross, GA – Chicago, IL) heads down the viaduct at Rham, Indiana
November 4, 2017 – CSX Q648 (Waycross, GA – Chicago, IL) heads down the viaduct at Rham, Indiana as it heads north to Chicago, Illinois on the Henderson Subdivision.
Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 heads for the East Chattanooga shops…
September 9, 2017 – Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 heads for the East Chattanooga shops and station with a loaded passenger train during the 2017 Railfest at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, at Chattanooga, Tennessee.Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 heads for the East Chattanooga shops
Conductor on Passenger Train at Chattanooga, TN
September 9, 2017 – The conductor on one of the passenger train movements during Railfest 2017 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum keeps a watchful eye from the vestibule of one of the cars, as the train backs up.
Southern Steam Locomotive 630 in Missionary Ridge Tunnel, East Chattanooga, TN
September 9, 2017 – Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 enters the west end of Missionary Ridge Tunnel, with a loaded passenger train, during the 2017 Railfest at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, as it heads for the station at East Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Completed in 1858 the tunnel is the primary reason TVRM runs on the three-mile section of the former Southern Railway. As railroad equipment grew too large to pass through and the single-track tunnel became a traffic jam for an otherwise double-track railroad, Southern Railway abandoned the three mile portion of the line and built a new section around the end of Missionary Ridge, avoiding the tunnel altogether.
The museum restored rails through the tunnel in 1971 and continues to use the pre-Civil War Tunnel on a daily basis.
Southern Railway 630 heading for Chattanooga, TN
September 9, 2017 – Disrupting the quietness of the early morning with it’s huffing and puffing as Southern Railways steam locomotive 630 pulls through a tunnel of trees with a loaded passenger train heading west, on a return trip to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum at Chattanooga, TN during 2017 Railfest.630 heading for Chattanooga, TN
2017 Nashville Steam Open House
October 13, 2017 – I went to the Nashville Steam event and came back with this gallery of photos! – It was a fundraising event for the restoration of Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rwy. No. 576 to operate excursions out of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Great time had by all and a very worthy cause. For more information on how to help support the restoration of 576 visit the group’s website at: http://www.nashvillesteam.org
TVRM Railfest-Southern 630 & 4501 EB at Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, TN
September 9, 2017 – POWER! There’s nothing like a living, breathing, moving steam locomotive and when you put two together it’s amazing sight to see and witness! Here we have Southern steam locomotives 630 and 4501 after exiting Missionary Ridge Tunnel on their way back to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum shops, at East Chattanooga, TN, after a full day of passenger runs during the museum’s recent 2017 Railfest.
Southern steam locomotive 4501 rounds a curve…
September 9, 2017 – Southern steam locomotive 4501 rounds a curve, with it’s passenger train, as it heads west to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN, from their East Chattanooga Shops, during 2017 Railfest. #jimstrainphotos
Planes, Trains, and …. Southern steam locomotives
September 9, 2017 – Planes, Trains, and …. Southern steam locomotives 630 and 4501 sit at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN as they prepare for the first run of the day at their 2017 Railfest, as a plane takes off over them to parts unknown, as early railfans work to get their “perfect shots” of the newly arrived locomotives.
Southbound NS 1081 on TenBridge, Chattanooga, TN
