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Railfanning the Middle and SouthEast Tennessee August 18, 2007
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This trip report covers our railfanning along the CSX S&NA North Subdivision as
well as the Chattanooga Subdivision. The S&NA North Subdivision runs from Nashville, TN
to Birmingham, AL while the Chattanooga Subdivision connects Nashsville and
Chattanooga, TN.
We headed out north to check out the new (as of mid-2007) CSX siding at Chapel Hill, TN.
It would seem that business as good as CSX has added two new sidings to the S&NA
North (Chapel Hill, TN and Carey, AL) as well as done track upgrades in a number
of places including a double crossover at Middle Holmes Gap (Cullman, AL).
After hitting Chapel Hill, TN, we headed over to Shelbyville, TN to check out the
Walking Horse and Eastern shortline and their FP7, coach and combine car used
for excursion operations. I am not sure of the current status, but it doesn't
look like the excursion train has been moved in a while. Anyone have any info?
From Shelbyville, we headed towards Tullahoma, TN along the CSX Chattanooga Sub.
We had lunch and caught a couple photos of the station and a restored bay window
caboose in Tullahoma.
Next stop was Cowan, TN, home of the Cowan Pusher District. CSX stages pusher
engines in Cowan to assist trains over the 2% grade south and 2.5% grade north
over the Cumberland Mountain. There is a museum in the old station building in
Cowan and plenty of room to sit and watch the action! This is a great railfanning
spot!
After leaving Cowan, we headed south along the CSX Chattanooga Sub and caught a
couple photos/videos at Tantallon, Sherwood and Anderson. At Stevenson, AL, we
headed back west to call it a day! A great day of railfanning, indeed! Thanks
for looking! I took the photos and my step-son Donnie manned the video camera and did a fine job!
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Railfanning the Middle and SouthEast Tennessee August 18, 2007 Photos and Video Clips
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CSX Q282 rolls through corn fields towards Nashville, TN on the S&NA North Subdivision. This is just north of the new (as of 4-2007) siding at Carey between Athens and Ardmore, AL.
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Here is a shot of the new signals installed at the south end of Chapel Hill siding as well as the realignment of the track here.
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The first train we encounter at the new siding at Chapel Hill, TN is Q647 which is in the hole waiting for Q684.
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While heading north towards a meet at Chapel Hill, CSX Q684 goes in to emergency near milepost 257.5. The conductor is walking the train looking for the problem.
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The Walking Horse and Eastern owns this FP7 that is used for excursions during the summer. I am not sure of the status of these excursions.
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The Walking Horse and Eastern's NW2 and FP7 are both shown in this shot from Shelbyville, TN.
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Walking Horse and Eastern FP7, coach and combine car used for excursion operations.
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Here is another shot of the Walking Horse and Easter NW2 #1585. The WHOE uses this loco for freight service.
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Northbound CSX train Q212-17 blasts through downtown Tullahoma, TN. The local power, a single GP40-2, is visible on the right.
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Northbound CSX train Q212-17 blasts through Tullahoma, TN.
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CSX GP40-2 6042 awaits the next call to duty in Tullahoma, TN. This is on the CSX Chattanooga Subdivision.
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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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Southbound CSX train Q125 cruises to a stop in Cowan, TN to allow the pusher engines to couple to the rear. The is seen from Cowan Railroad Museum.
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CSX southbound Q125 rolls in to Cowan, TN. The Cowan pusher, M298, then couples to the rear of Q125 to assist them over Cumberland Mountain.
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Shoving hard on the rear of Q125, the Cowan pusher, M298, picks up speed as they head south out of Cowan to tackle the 2% grade up Cumberland Mountain.
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The Cowan pusher M298 glides back in to Cowan after helping Q125 over the Cumberland Mountain.
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After assisting a southbound train across Cumberland Mountain, the Cowan pusher, M298, rides off in to the sunset! Okay, they are going back to the pusher shack, but it sounded nice!
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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 2-4-2 steamer is on display at the Cowan Railroad Museum along with a flat car and caboose.
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Here is an overall shot of the Cowan Railroad Museum along with the other historic displays on the other side of the CSX main line.
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Here is a shot of the very nicely restored station in Cowan, TN. This is now the site of the Cowan Railroad Museum.
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One of the last trains of the day while railfanning 8-18-2007 is northbound CSX train Q584-18. They are seen here between Tantallon and Sherwood on the double track south of the Cumberland Mountain.
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Northbound CSX train Q584-18 heads towards the Cumberland Mountain and is shown here between Sherwood and Tantallon on double track.
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CSX ballast train W071-17 heads north on the Chattanooga Sub with a pair of ex-Conrail SD50s on the point.
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Summer in the South! Listen to those dry flies almost drowning out CSX work train W071-17 as seen here between Anderson, TN and Stevenson, AL.
Video Clip - File Size: 8881 KBytes · Downloads: 1792 · Uploaded: October 01,2007
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