Producer: Green Frog
Locations: Nashville to Chattanooga
Timeframe: 2004-2008
Length: 168 minutes
Source: Chris Wehman
Fourth Volume in the Green Frog Tour of CSX series. Chattanooga subdivision is featured. This route serves Nashville to Chattanooga. This was filmed over a four year timespan.
Available in a single or as part of the set. Minor differences. No chapter menu or narrative choice for example in the multi disc set.
DVD-R. Full-screen aspect ratio. Pro shot by Chris Wehman. Live environmental audio. Green Frog quality on digital equipment. Picture is near excellent. Just not modern standards. Accurate colors.
Master is a limited old style menu. Click Title 1 to play all, including introductions. A hidden chapter advance. Subtitles with train symbols. There are not any maps. Chris Wehman handles the narrative.
To the Trains… 👉
Timed at 122 minutes
The tour begins in the northern point of this subdivision. This is Nashville and near Radner Yard. Former Conrail 8750 leads a mixed freight at Kane Avenue. Symbol is Q-525. Plenty of leased and run-through locomotives throughout this tour.
Train Q-583 struggles on the grade at Seven Mile Hill. CSX engine 7300 leads 8050.
Tolohoma has a yard there. Local power has two EMD locomotives. CSX 6126 with another GP40-2 in dark blue paint. They stand fast at the office there. Meanwhile, CSX 678 (AC60CW) has Q-126. The GE led intermodal speeds past.
Cumberland Tunnel. A Northbound freight is Q-126. Bnsf 5218 leads this one downgrade.
Part Two… 126 minutes
Train G-687 has a leased unit out front of this grain move. The Cumerland Mountains in the background. Engine FURX 3069.
Anderson, Alabama is still on the Chattanooga subdivision. This route skirting the Cumberland Mountains. Q-583 with a dark blue 7300 blows past.
Hotspot Stevenson, Alabama. Norfolk Southern rails are at the station. This place has a longer visit. Norfolk Southern NS-201 has leader 9325, splitting the signals on home rails.
Nickajack Lake is a scenic highlight at Chattanooga. NS-325 travels on the long causeway. Additional trains with assorted power are seen at this lake.
CSX Q-676 crosses highway I-24 and a county road here. It struggles on the grade at Raccoon Mountain behind two engines. Heavy Coal Trains gut it out at this location.
Train NS- 736 at Raccoon Mountain crawls past dragging coal. Motors are BNSF 5309/ 1119. Note the two paint schemes. This Coal Train had stalled on the grade. Several redeployed BNSF locomotives are shoving hard on the rear to get this one going.
Q-127 passes an abandoned tunnel on Raccoon Mountain. CSX 4816 leads the charge of three engines on this Intermodal Train.
Chattanooga is the endpoint. It is trackside only with some NS and CSX at a junction. Q-676 is at the Wahatchi Junction.
Tour of CSX Volume 4 (Chattanooga Sub)
A thorough tour of the Chattanooga subdivision. The longish show seems to cover all the bases. Nicely filmed with a good soundtrack. Everything is in its place, Just as one expects from Green Frog.
Train videos that are focused in the Southeastern US are uncommon. A busy route. Fine scenery. This Volume 4 is a must-have for the CSX fans and Model Railroaders.
Rating: 5 Stars
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