The tugboat "Paulette K" waits for an opportunity to slip under the drawbridge over the Tennessee River. The railroad has priority at this bridge and the dispatcher controls the bridge tender's ability to operate the draw-span.

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This General Electric 44 ton switcher is now on display at the Cowan Railroad Museum in Cowan, TN. The loco is operational and the hope of the members is to have an operating train in the future.

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This nicely restored L&N caboose is on display along the CSX main line in Tullahoma, TN. It appears to be a small museum but was closed when we were there.

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Westbound Norfolk Southern train 163's crew has "gone on the law" and awaits a replacement in Town Creek, AL. There is also a nice little station in Town Creek that deserves a look if you are in the area.

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A northbound CSX train with a Union Pacific EMD on the point blasts through Stevenson, AL and passes the historic depot turned museum.

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Southbound CSX train Q685-08 heads through Oakworth Yard with Union Pacific power on the point.

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Before the BNSF won the contract to bring Powder River Valley coal to Memphis to interchange with the NS, Union Pacific performed these duties. One of the last UP trains was this empty westbound, Q37, passing through Decatur.

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Loram's railgrinder number RG301 is seen here in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL while it stayed there for about 4 or 5 days for the employees to performed maintenance on the grinder.

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West bound Norfolk Southern coal train Q37 heads through Madison, AL after helping east bound counterpart Q38 with a broken knuckle in Huntsville, AL.

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Loram's railgrinder number RG301 was recently in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL. The unit stayed there for about 4 or 5 days while the employees performed maintenance on the grinder.

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Here is the caboose on Loram's railgrinder number RG301, which was recently in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL.

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Loram's railgrinder number RG301 is seen here in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL while it stayed there for about 4 or 5 days for the employees to performed maintenance on the grinder.

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CSX operated weed spraying train W044 along the line between Nashville, TN and Birmingham, AL. Some of the equipment is shown here tied up in Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL.

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CSX operated weed spraying train W044 along the line between Nashville, TN and Birmingham, AL. Some of the equipment is shown here tied up in Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL.

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Sperry Rail Services inspection car 126 rolls past Huntsville siding in Huntsville, AL at track speed.

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Norfolk Southern train 391 heads west at Norala near Muscle Shoals, AL, which lies at the west end of a wye that connects to the line to Birmingham, AL.

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A south bound CSX freight, with a full brace of UP and SP power on the point, meets a north bound train at Oakworth yard, Decatur, AL.

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Loaded east bound Norfolk Southern coal train Q34 heads through Decatur, AL.

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NS empty westbound coal train 739 passes the historic depot and museum in downtown Huntsville, AL. See the Museums & Displays page for more info on the Huntsville Depot Museum.

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A Norfolk Southern west bound empty coal train rolls through Madison, AL with a UP unit in the lead.

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An empty west bound NS coal train rolls through the equipment defect detector at Greenbrier, AL west of Madison.

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NS coal trains, one loaded-east bound and one empty-west bound, meet near Huntsville at Elko siding. These trains are run in conjunction with the Union Pacific and usually have UP power with an occasional Southern Pacific unit mixed in.

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East-bound loaded Norfolk Southern coal train, Q38, rolls past Wheeler siding near Courtland, AL.

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A pair of Wisconsin Central SD45s are in control of south bound CSX coal train K160. Here the train waits at the south end of Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL for the passing of a north bound train.

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A pair of Wisconsin Central SD45s is on the point of CSX train X384 as it rolls north through Harris (Decatur), AL.

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