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  1. Repainted Illinois Central Caboose

    Repainted Illinois Central Caboose

    A repainted Illinois Central caboose sits in the Nashville and Eastern yard. It belongs to the Tennessee Central Railroad Museum.
  2. Casey Jones Village - Caboose - M.J. Scanlon

    Casey Jones Village - Caboose - M.J. Scanlon

    This caboose sits high in the sky to attract visitors to the Casey Jones Village in Jackson, TN. The screen mesh around the bottom of the caboose helps keep birds from roosting underneath, as does the decoy preditor to the left.
  3. IC 2702 - C44-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    IC 2702 - C44-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    A loaded coal train heads south on LA Main 1, led by a pair of CN GE units, as it approaches Garden Lane in Memphis.
  4. NS 9238 - C40-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 9238 - C40-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    Like the signs says, "Memphis is not the end of the Norfolk Southern system - It is the beginning - Safety first starts here". NS9238 is parked in front of the building displaying that sign in Forrest Yard on the East Spur.
  5. SSW 9656 - GP60 - M.J. Scanlon

    SSW 9656 - GP60 - M.J. Scanlon

    An unpatched Cotton Belt locomotive is a very rare sight in 2005. SSW 9656 is seen here as the second locomotive in today's Job 43 train as it pulls out of the Wesson Oil Mill Plant on the backside of Sargent Yard near the NS main lines.
  6. TVRM Engineer

    TVRM Engineer

    G. Mark Ray, volunteer steam locomotive engineer, runs the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's 2-8-0 #610(ex-Army). We're headed into the tunnel going through Missionary Ridge.
  7. Working on the Fulton Sub - M.J. Scanlon

    Working on the Fulton Sub - M.J. Scanlon

    A railroader rides on the last car of the A43271 train on CN's Fulton Sub in Woodstock, Tennessee just north of Memphis. They are headed for the Fite Road crossing on the way to re-connect with the remainder of the train.
  8. CN/IC Johnston Yard - August 2003 - M.J. Scanlon

    CN/IC Johnston Yard - August 2003 - M.J. Scanlon

    The slow change from IC to CN in Memphis.
  9. CN Johnston Yard or is it IC Johnston Yard ? - M.J. Scanlon

    CN Johnston Yard or is it IC Johnston Yard ? - M.J. Scanlon

    The change from IC to CN continues.
  10. BNSF 5642 - C44AC - M.J. Scanlon

    BNSF 5642 - C44AC - M.J. Scanlon

    BNSF 5642 is the DPU on this empty coal train as it heads west toward Arkansas. Memphis, TN
  11. Juice in Memphis - UP 4167 - SD70M - M.J. Scanlon

    Juice in Memphis - UP 4167 - SD70M - M.J. Scanlon

    UP 4167 leads the re-routed ZAPAT through Memphis for an exchange with the CSX. Tropicana juice cars are rare in these parts.
  12. Empty Coal Train - BNSF 5681 - C44AC - M.J. Scanlon

    Empty Coal Train - BNSF 5681 - C44AC - M.J. Scanlon

    This NS empty coal train led by BNSF 5681 heads into the wye on the CN Memphis Sub. The tracks pictured from the train are CN, 2 BNSF, UP and CSX.
  13. The City of New Orleans - AMTK 66 - P42DC - M.J. Scanlon

    The City of New Orleans - AMTK 66 - P42DC - M.J. Scanlon

    The City of New Orleans, led by engine number 66, leaves Memphis Central Station 3 hours behind schedule only to be stopped at the Broadway crossing by a westbound UP train. CN Memphis Sub Memphis,TN 07MAR04
  14. CN 5360 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    CN 5360 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    M306 approaches CN Johnston Yard as it passes under the tracks of the CN Memphis Sub. CN Fulton Sub - East Junction Memphis,TN 07MAR04
  15. NS'S Tennessee Division Knoxville District Oakdale Line

    NS'S Tennessee Division Knoxville District Oakdale Line

    NS Southbound Coal Train at Oakdale, Tn. on NS'S Tennessee Division
  16. Looking for Work - CSXT 4718 - SD70MAC - M.J. Scanlon

    Looking for Work - CSXT 4718 - SD70MAC - M.J. Scanlon

    CSX 4718 as Y102 moves south on the CN Fulton Sub all alone to pick up some cars, set out further down the track, to bring back to CSX Leewood Yard early on a Monday morning. Memphis,TN 16FEB04
  17. Broadway Traffic - M.J. Scanlon

    Broadway Traffic - M.J. Scanlon

    A little photoshop filtering with fresco gives this photo its' look. This is the six track east-west section known as Broadway consisting of CSX, NS, UP & BNSF track. It crosses the CN Memphis Sub at the stop signs. NS track stops at this point; CSX continues slightly further. BNSF &amp...
  18. Streaking Coal - M.J. Scanlon

    Streaking Coal - M.J. Scanlon

    Having just crossed the Harahan Bridge, UP 4309 waits for the empty coal train, led by UP 8253, to pass before proceeding onto Broadway. Memphis, TN 07NOV03
  19. Nighttime in Memphis - UP 8253 - SD9043AC - M.J. Scanlon

    Nighttime in Memphis - UP 8253 - SD9043AC - M.J. Scanlon

    UP 8253 stops to allow the UPRR Police to inspect the train. Memphis City Police and UPRR K-9 unit are also on hand as an aircraft streaks overhead. No problems were noted. Memphis, TN 07NOV03
  20. Sunset on Broadway - BNSF 7306 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    Sunset on Broadway - BNSF 7306 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    BNSF 7306 heads into the setting sun on Broadway enroute to a Frisco Bridge crossing of the Mississippi River. Memphis, TN. 08OCT03


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