Norfolk Southern intermodal train crosses lift bridge over the Tennessee River on the CSX Chattanooga Subdivision, at Bridgeport, Alabama, as they make their way to the NS CNO&TP (Rathole) Second District and on north on April 26, 2024.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150.

Norfolk Southern intermodal train crosses lift bridge over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, AL

Norfolk Southern intermodal train crosses lift bridge over the Tennessee River on the CSX Chattanooga Subdivision, at Bridgeport, Alabama, as they make their way to the NS CNO&TP (Rathole) Second District and on north on April 26, 2024.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150.

September 22, 2019 - Ever have one of those days where you wait, wait and wait some more, but a train never shows up for the picture you want to take? Well, fellow railfans, Bill Crecco, Ryan Scott and I waited for over 3 hours here at Tunnel Hill, Georgia for a northbound train before finally giving up and heading to another location. I even came back for about another 30 minutes later in the day without any luck at this spot on the Chattanooga Subdivision. Some days are just like that, but still I got a good shot of them waiting on a train! If you too have shots you like, where you are waiting on a train, then you might want to join my Waiting on a Train Photography Group!

Ever have one of those days where you wait, wait…

September 22, 2019 – Ever have one of those days where you wait, wait and wait some more, but a train never shows up for the picture you want to take? Well, fellow railfans, Bill Crecco, Ryan Scott and I waited for over 3 hours here at Tunnel Hill, Georgia for a northbound train before finally giving up and heading to another location. I even came back for about another 30 minutes later in the day without any luck at this spot on the Chattanooga Subdivision. Some days are just like that, but still I got a good shot of them waiting on a train! If you too have shots you like, where you are waiting on a train, then you might want to join my Waiting on a Train Photography Group!

September 20, 2019 - CSX empty coal train E303 heads across the liftbridge at Bridgeport, Alabama as it heads north over the Tennessee River on the Chattanooga Subdivision. From what I can find on the web, "The original span was a swing type drawbridge constructed in 1852 by the Nashville & Chattanooga RR. That structure was replaced in 1890 by another swing type by successor line Louisville & Nashville. Current span was completed in 1981. The central lift section was taken from another bridge that had been abandoned on an L&N line at Danville, TN. It was dismantled, shipped to this site, and reassembled in place."

CSX empty coal train E303 heads across the liftbridge…

September 20, 2019 – CSX empty coal train E303 heads across the liftbridge at Bridgeport, Alabama as it heads north over the Tennessee River on the Chattanooga Subdivision. From what I can find on the web, “The original span was a swing type drawbridge constructed in 1852 by the Nashville & Chattanooga RR. That structure was replaced in 1890 by another swing type by successor line Louisville & Nashville. Current span was completed in 1981. The central lift section was taken from another bridge that had been abandoned on an L&N line at Danville, TN. It was dismantled, shipped to this site, and reassembled in place.”

September 22, 2019 - CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading, passes the depot at Stevenson, Alabama as it heads north on the Chattanooga Subdivision with a load of MOW equipment.

According to Wikipedia: The Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel are a historic train station and hotel in Stevenson, Alabama. They were built circa 1872 as a joint project of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, whose lines converged in Stevenson. When the Memphis & Charleston was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1898, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (who had taken over the N&C in 1880) took sole control of the depot and operated it until 1976. 

It was converted into a history museum in 1982. Both buildings are brick with gable roofs and Italianate details. The depot has a central, second-story tower that was added in 1887. The three-story hotel had a lobby, dining room, and kitchen on the first floor and eight large guest rooms on the upper floors. The buildings were listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The building is now operated as the Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum and features area railroad and Civil War artifacts

CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading…

September 22, 2019 – CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading, passes the depot at Stevenson, Alabama as it heads north on the Chattanooga Subdivision with a load of MOW equipment.

According to Wikipedia: The Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel are a historic train station and hotel in Stevenson, Alabama. They were built circa 1872 as a joint project of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, whose lines converged in Stevenson. When the Memphis & Charleston was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1898, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (who had taken over the N&C in 1880) took sole control of the depot and operated it until 1976.

It was converted into a history museum in 1982. Both buildings are brick with gable roofs and Italianate details. The depot has a central, second-story tower that was added in 1887. The three-story hotel had a lobby, dining room, and kitchen on the first floor and eight large guest rooms on the upper floors. The buildings were listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The building is now operated as the Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum and features area railroad and Civil War artifacts