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719 and 720
Title:  719 and 720
Description:  This photo is on the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway in Cowan, Tennessee. NC&St L was merged into Louisville & Nashville in 1957 and is now part of CSX.
Photo Date:  10/1/1970  Upload Date: 10/26/2011 11:59:10 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NCSL 719(GP7) NCSL 720(GP7)
Views:  2095   Comments: 2
LN U23B #2748
Title:  LN U23B #2748
Description:  This appears to be a just-delivered U23B. GE, 9/1973 LN U23B #2748 moved onto the SBD roster as SBD #2748 and then to the CR roster. A note on the back of the photo states "In a recent order of U23B's for L&N, 2745-49 were experimentally set to produce 2700-2800 HP, a U27B? Thius is a sometime practice of Builders to test components: other examples were 3900 HP SD45, 3000 HP U28, 5600 HP U50D, etc." Lee Yoder photo
Photo Date:  9/30/1973  Upload Date: 1/31/2025 6:44:28 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LN 2748(U23B)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
L&N 1491
Title:  L&N 1491
Description:  11:30AM Northbound 20 car hopper train arrives off Cumberland Mountain.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:02:24 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  LN 1491(U30C) LN 1549(U30C) LN 1545(U30C) LN 1257(SD40)
Views:  1016   Comments: 1
L&N 1491
Title:  L&N 1491
Description:  11:30 AM, on Northbound, 20 mty coal hoppers.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:03:13 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LN 1491(U30C)
Views:  693   Comments: 0
L&N 1545
Title:  L&N 1545
Description:  on northbound 20 car hopper train.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:03:44 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LN 1545(U30C)
Views:  630   Comments: 1
L&N 2737
Title:  L&N 2737
Description:  12:40PM Northbound lite engines arrive headed to Nashville.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:07:50 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 2737(U23B) LN 1473(U30C) LN 1559(U30C) LN 1497(U30C)
Views:  1052   Comments: 0
L&N 4028 on Cowan pusher, 1st attempt
Title:  L&N 4028 on Cowan pusher, 1st attempt
Description:  12:30AM Southbound No. 691 with 110 cars has added the 3 pusher engines to the rear for first attempt, push up 2% Cumberland Mountain and charges the mountain at about 50 mph. 10th head car puts train into emergency with broken train line.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:06:04 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 4028(GP38AC) LN 4020(GP38AC) LN 4045(GP38AC)
Views:  992   Comments: 0
L&N 4028 on Cowan pusher.
Title:  L&N 4028 on Cowan pusher.
Description:  11:50AM Northbound 70 car freight arrives with 3 unit Cowan pusher on head end to setout.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:04:23 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  LN 4028(GP38AC) LN 4020(GP38AC) LN 4045(GP38AC) LN 4098(GP38-2) LN 2718(U23B) LN 4123(GP38-2)
Views:  1082   Comments: 0
L&N 4028 on pusher, 2nd attempt
Title:  L&N 4028 on pusher, 2nd attempt
Description:  At 12:50PM, No. 691 makes 2nd attempt up 2% Cumberland Mountain with 3 unit Cowan pusher on rear end of 109 cars at about 50MPH. 2nd attempt is successful.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:06:39 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  LN 4028(GP38AC) LN 4020(GP38AC) LN 4045(GP38AC)
Views:  927   Comments: 1
L&N 4028
Title:  L&N 4028
Description:  on 3 unit Cowan pusher for Cumberland Mountain.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:07:12 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LN 4028(GP38AC)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
L&N 4129
Title:  L&N 4129
Description:  12:20PM, No. 691 southboundwith 110 cars, stops to add 3 unit rear end pusher for Cumberland Mountain.
Photo Date:  10/7/1974  Upload Date: 10/7/2018 8:05:17 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  LN 4129(GP38-2) LN 2771(U23B) LN 4060(GP38-2) LN 1225(SD40)
Views:  1172   Comments: 0
LN 442
Title:  LN 442
Description:  Cowan pusher pushing SB July 1969
Photo Date:  3/27/1977  Upload Date: 1/18/2015 2:48:43 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Lee Yoder
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LN 527(GP9) LN 476(GP7) LN 442(GP7)
Views:  1452   Comments: 0
B&O GP38 3808
Title:  B&O GP38 3808
Description:  B&O GP38 3808, on L&N rails at Cowan, Tennessee, April 1, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in October 1967 (c/n 33326) on EMD Order 7060 and later became CSXT 2008.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:58:04 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3808(GP38)
Views:  1230   Comments: 0
L&N 18
Title:  L&N 18
Description:  L&N caboose 18 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 10/13/2011 3:32:28 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  1260   Comments: 1
SBD SD40 1241
Title:  SBD SD40 1241
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad SD40 1241 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 5/28/2013 1:22:56 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 1241(SD40)
Views:  1086   Comments: 0
SBD GP40-2 1654
Title:  SBD GP40-2 1654
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad GP40-2 1654 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Four units of road power plus two helpers on the front are making a run for the hill.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/4/2013 3:07:47 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  SBD 1654(GP40-2)
Views:  1199   Comments: 0
SBD GP7 2343
Title:  SBD GP7 2343
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad GP7 2343 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/29/2013 1:15:23 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SBD 2343(GP7)
Views:  1008   Comments: 0
SBD GP7 2343
Title:  SBD GP7 2343
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad GP7 2343 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/10/2013 12:17:44 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SBD 2343(GP7)
Views:  771   Comments: 2
SBD C30-7 7053
Title:  SBD C30-7 7053
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad C30-7 7053 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 10/15/2013 2:31:26 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  SBD 7053(C30-7)
Views:  669   Comments: 1
SBD SD40-2 8039
Title:  SBD SD40-2 8039
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad SD40-2 8039 crawling up the hill at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 12:08:56 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 8039(SD40-2)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
SBD SD40-2 8241
Title:  SBD SD40-2 8241
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad SD40-2 8241 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 1, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. These two locomotives were the helpers backing down to Cowan after assisting a train up the hill.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/17/2014 1:38:45 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 8241(SD40-2)
Views:  861   Comments: 1
SBD SD45-2 3611
Title:  SBD SD45-2 3611
Description:  Seaboard System SD45-2 3611 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 8, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was a helper set stationed in Cowan.
Photo Date:  4/8/1984  Upload Date: 12/18/2012 1:49:00 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBD 3611(SD45-2)
Views:  984   Comments: 0
SBD SD45-2 3611
Title:  SBD SD45-2 3611
Description:  Seaboard System SD45-2 3611 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 8, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The first two units were helpers stationed in Cowan. They were making a run for a hill just south ( railroad east ) of Cowan.
Photo Date:  4/8/1984  Upload Date: 5/21/2017 6:29:36 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 3611(SD45-2)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
SBD GP40 6756
Title:  SBD GP40 6756
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad GP40 6656 at Cowan, Tennessee on April 8, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/8/1984  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 2:32:11 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  SBD 6756(GP40)
Views:  897   Comments: 0
SBD 4725 GP16
Title:  SBD 4725 GP16
Description:  SBD 4725 GP16
Photo Date:  9/2/1984  Upload Date: 3/5/2013 9:54:37 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Lee Yoder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SBD 4725(GP16)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
SBD 8062 SD40-2
Title:  SBD 8062 SD40-2
Description:  SBD 8062 SD40-2
Photo Date:  12/9/1984  Upload Date: 3/20/2013 11:24:41 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Lee Yoder
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBD 8062(SD40-2)
Views:  666   Comments: 0
SBD 8234 SD40-2
Title:  SBD 8234 SD40-2
Description:  SBD 8234 SD40-2 at Cowan, TN
Photo Date:  12/9/1984  Upload Date: 3/1/2013 2:46:38 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Lee Yoder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SBD 8234(SD40-2)
Views:  710   Comments: 0
SBD SD40-2 8070
Title:  SBD SD40-2 8070
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad SD40-2 8070 at Cowan, Tennessee on January 17, 1985, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The first two units were the helpers (there's a gentleman between the second and third units cutting in the air), and from what I observed, the helpers were added to the front when there were 89 foot cars in the train.
Photo Date:  1/17/1985  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:38:39 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SBD 8070(SD40-2) SBD 8065(SD40-2)
Views:  981   Comments: 2
Cherokee Brick and Tile #1
Title:  Cherokee Brick and Tile #1
Description:  H.K. Porter Made a Pusher_Puller over Eagle Mountain
Photo Date:  7/1/1985  Upload Date: 11/24/2004 9:25:32 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Mike Stroud
Categories:  Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  CBT 1(2-4-2)
Views:  1391   Comments: 0
Cowan Railroad Museum steam engine 1
Title:  Cowan Railroad Museum steam engine 1
Description:  Cowan Railroad Museum steam engine 1 (Pusher District) exhibits at NC&STL Cowan Station, TN.
Photo Date:  11/27/1985  Upload Date: 11/2/2006 1:17:37 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Eric Fleet
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRM 1(2-4-2)
Views:  1246   Comments: 0
Cowan Railroad Museum steam engine 1
Title:  Cowan Railroad Museum steam engine 1
Description:  Cowan Railroad Museum steam engine 1 (Pusher District), L&N flat car & L&N caboose exhibitingZat NC&STL Cowan Station, TN.
Photo Date:  11/27/1985  Upload Date: 11/3/2006 12:30:21 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Eric Fleet
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CRM 1(2-4-2)
Views:  1448   Comments: 1
SBD SD40-2 8083
Title:  SBD SD40-2 8083
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad SD40-2 8083 at Cowan, Tennessee on June 18, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. These were the helpers assigned to Cowan on this photo date.
Photo Date:  6/18/1986  Upload Date: 12/31/2013 12:52:12 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBD 8083(SD40-2)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
SBD SD40-2 8002
Title:  SBD SD40-2 8002
Description:  Seaboard System Railroad SD40-2 8002 at Cowan, Tennessee on June 18, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. These were the helper units assigned to Cowan on this photo date.
Photo Date:  6/18/1987  Upload Date: 11/13/2013 11:51:50 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SBD 8002(SD40-2)
Views:  726   Comments: 0
CSX 8181
Title:  CSX 8181
Description:  121 SB
Photo Date:  8/25/1990  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:43:17 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8181(SD40-2)
Views:  1271   Comments: 0
CSX 8417
Title:  CSX 8417
Description:  Helpers NB
Photo Date:  8/25/1990  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:45:04 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8417(SD40-2)
Views:  1034   Comments: 0
CSX 8435
Title:  CSX 8435
Description:  NB
Photo Date:  8/25/1990  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:46:56 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8435(SD40-2)
Views:  1105   Comments: 0
Cowan Railroad Museum 1
Title:  Cowan Railroad Museum 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/1992  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 7:15:17 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  409   Comments: 0
NC&StL caboose at the Cowan RR Museum
Title:  NC&StL caboose at the Cowan RR Museum
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/1992  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 7:16:04 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  415   Comments: 0
The old tower at Cowan
Title:  The old tower at Cowan
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/1992  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 7:17:01 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  438   Comments: 1
CSX 6096
Title:  CSX 6096
Description:  The 6096 is in Cowan on a work train. There had been a derailment earlier in the week on the south side of the mountain between Rockledge and Tantallon.
Photo Date:  1/12/1995  Upload Date: 8/31/2007 11:10:01 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Reed Reding
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 6096(GP40-2)
Views:  980   Comments: 0
S/B CSX Train
Title:  S/B CSX Train
Description:  Cowan Grade
Photo Date:  8/14/1995  Upload Date: 2/23/2010 8:40:49 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8088(SD40-2)
Views:  1224   Comments: 0
CSX Cowan Pushers
Title:  CSX Cowan Pushers
Description:  Cowan Grade
Photo Date:  8/14/1995  Upload Date: 2/23/2010 8:41:56 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8474(SD40-2)
Views:  1078   Comments: 0
N/B CSX Train
Title:  N/B CSX Train
Description:  Cowan Tunnel
Photo Date:  8/14/1995  Upload Date: 2/23/2010 8:42:43 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 28(AC44CW)
Views:  1470   Comments: 0
N/B CSX Train
Title:  N/B CSX Train
Description:  Cowan Tunnel
Photo Date:  8/14/1995  Upload Date: 2/23/2010 8:43:21 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5829(B36-7)
Views:  1108   Comments: 2
N/B CSX Train
Title:  N/B CSX Train
Description:  Tennessee Ave.
Photo Date:  8/14/1995  Upload Date: 2/23/2010 8:39:58 PM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7068(C30-7) CSX 7051(C30-7)
Views:  1187   Comments: 0
CSX 7591 just arriving
Title:  CSX 7591 just arriving
Description:  Date approximate. scan from print
Photo Date:  5/18/1996  Upload Date: 2/19/2006 7:23:52 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Mark Winter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7591(C40-8)
Views:  1514   Comments: 0
CSX 7874 getting into pusher position
Title:  CSX 7874 getting into pusher position
Description:  date approximate. scan from slide
Photo Date:  5/18/1996  Upload Date: 2/19/2006 7:24:08 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Mark Winter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7874(C40-8W)
Views:  1411   Comments: 0
CSX 7874 ready to push toward Cowan Tunnel
Title:  CSX 7874 ready to push toward Cowan Tunnel
Description:  date approximate. scan from print
Photo Date:  5/18/1996  Upload Date: 2/19/2006 7:24:22 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Mark Winter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7874(C40-8W)
Views:  1441   Comments: 0
CSX 8572 coming down the mountain from Cowan Tunnel,
Title:  CSX 8572 coming down the mountain from Cowan Tunnel,
Description:  date approximate. Scan from print.
Photo Date:  5/18/1996  Upload Date: 2/19/2006 7:24:33 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Mark Winter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8572(SD50)
Views:  1382   Comments: 0
Q581/CSX 8352
Title:  Q581/CSX 8352
Description:  Q581'screw boards their train after a breifing with the pusher cres which is on the pair of CW40-8s to the left. The pusher will run north and couple to the bottom of 581's train and then the train will depart after a brake test to assult Cumberland Mountian.
Photo Date:  9/25/1999  Upload Date: 1/18/2009 6:32:43 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6036(C40-8) CSX 7712(C40-8W) CSX 8352(SD40-2)
Views:  1657   Comments: 0


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