I have hiked this line to the tunnel and it is impressive , ridden my mountain bike from the depot up the hill to Monteagle , TN ; BRUTAL climb , but worth the effort. This is great country , glad you had fun here , watch out for Rattlesnakes !! This grade and the one at Sand Mountain have tested the skills of generations of engine crews . Thanks for posting .
I have hunted many year on both sides of tunnel there is a vent on both sides. Train going thought will flip you hat off going in and suck your hat off leave
"The Pusher Job"; that's what they call it. My son is an engineer on the pusher job (up Sand Mountain) just north of Cullman at Lacon, AL. And they cut loose on the fly there also. Special locomotive with equipment that allows them to do that. Thanks for the video, Brian.
Re: those "manned" pushers @32:00...I can't recall if, or when, I've even heard anything so powerful as those two GE's...my earbuds were vibrating💓😵💫!!! That is raw FDL power in force!! Worth waiting for, JT 👌👌👍👍
Another fabulous mixed manifest with 170 cars! Among the cars were 5 loads of heavy plate steel, a mid-train DPU, and 2 rear DPUs. That's the kind of train rail fans like me dream of! Thank you, my friend!! 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍
JT, thank you for the spectacular trains and scenery today. I believe I've run out of things to say about them. The very best part was seeing your lovable pets! Brandi was the icing on the cake! Please tell them all I said hello! I sure look forward to the videos from the road trip! Thanka again and be safe! 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I spotted the Texaco station as you were positioning for the first train. Old station well preserved. Bring back good memories. You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. That big red Texaco star!🎶the commercials would sing. Great trains. We enjoyed the dip. Nice little town
Yes that WAS a good video. Lots of trains, big Blue Freddy on one of them and saw the helpers knock down the signal for the siding. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Great area to watch trains. That helper action is really something different and makes the experience more interesting. I’m from the western part of the state and used to visit the area while one of my daughters was attending school in Chattanooga (another great railfanning area). Thanks for the vid.
Never saw a 242 Columbia in real life. They made millions of those by Lionel and Marc train but I never saw one in real life until now. Fantastic catch!
Great train action from Cowan TN. with a nice train station, old trains and a caboose, also some DPU'S, an awesome view of the trains as they go by and of course the awesome amazing live action pets and music slide show as always Thank You Jaw Tooth.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲
That was a pretty little setting there where that depot is surrounded by all the green grass. (I live in the desert, so love to see green!) Thanks, JT!!
Hey jaw tooth nice area. Cool train display by station. Awesome trains passing. That's quite a grade. Definitely need helper units there. Have a great railroad day. 🚂🙋♀️
Nice to see these towns, no matter how large or small, remembering their railroad history! Any idea what the 2E and 78 mean on the historic marker sign for the Depot? Nice catch of that helper breakaway on the incline! Always enjoy seeing Brandi and the new cat hasn’t figured out the cat door yet? Good video from the Volunteer State!
How ironic! I commented about the short trains as opposed to those from Kentucky. We had a medium-sized intermodal/auto rack and then a fabulously long intermodal/auto rack/intermodal that had over 180 cars by my count! Awesome and amazing! What a catch, JT!!! I'm thoroughly impressed! 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤
Another awesome video. The Texaco station looks like one from a model railroad!! Vintage!! Love it. Never seen the whistle post before. Pure Americana!!❤
And another awesome video JT man I’m glad y’all enjoying yourself down there and catching a lot of trains. I can’t wait to see the rest of you videos from Tennessee and Georgia but anyway you stay safe out there my friend and watch your back and we’ll see you on the next one
That was SOME video JT, I’m surprised the helpers cut off before the summit of the climb. Thank you for enduring the heat so that we armchair railfans can sit back drinking beverage of choice!
I was just thinking, why hasn't one of those railcar artists thought to paint one of the tank cars like the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile? That would be a hoot. Dontcha think????
I really enjoy all the info. you include about the locations of your videos.I don't know how you can improve these videos but some how you manage to do so.GREAT VIDEO Brian👍👍
Astounding!! Your videos continue to get better and better - which isn't easy to do when you've made such terrific videos for years! Thank you for your hard work to make these videos!!!
Super video JT, lots going on. Great train station and Texaco station. Nice intermodal. I really liked it. Never saw those pusher engines before. Stay safe. ❤
Thanks 👍 We were at the Tennbridge and a guy who used to work for the railroad down here told us about Cowan. that last train was exactly what I was hoping to catch. After waiting for a few hours after the coal train we were starting to wonder if there were many trains here. We were lucky to get that last one. Thanks again for the Super Chat support Mark! I appreciate it and have a great week!
Awesome foal train JT! wow you could really see the dip in the track & the train then coming up it was bookin too. Cowan a lovely town lots of railway history. The old train station was gorgeous. 2 trains in 1 with the intermodel/ autorack. Like your hat JT! suits you. 2nd autorack / intermodel was a huge train! Just awesome my favourite of the day. The mixed manifest with dpu,s was a fab train too those manned helpers were really going for it! Tom has grown! Charlie & my other cat are not getting along! It's a nightmare when they are in the same room. 😮❤😊👍🐈⬛🐈🐕
I grew up in Tennessee, northwest from there. I think that is the same line that comes out of Nashville and runs down through Smyrna and Murfressboro. There was a sandwich shop when I was young in Smyrna that set right off the tracks. When you were in there and a train was coming, it sounded like it was gonna come through the building. It was very awesome.
Nice location Brian (1) the bang you heard was the slack running out from the helper engine cutting off on the fly … (2) the engines after cutting off were waiting on the dispatchers instructions ( once stopped you have to get permission to proceed ) (3) at 93 degrees all trains are operating on a “ computer generated “ heat order which reduces train speed substantially which effects the entire operation of these subdivisions. (4) cutting off on the fly is simply dangerous with the lengths of todays trains and the brake pipe hoses not being connected… you and Scott 👍~~~
Awesome location Jawtooth! Beautiful old depot and old locomotives! Great catches there! Awesome old Texaco station I have a couple of those old pumps that are the real thing!👍
Another beautiful video, Brian. Your shoots are always beautiful spots. This town of Cowan, Kentucky almost into Georgia, (my mistake, I read a few comments down - Alabama) is a beautiful quiet little American town. I will have to look on a map to see about where this is. The train shots are always excellent and so are the shots of the buildings, trees and your commentary gives us information that helps us to enjoy the videos so much more. Thanks, Brian. Marcel from Saskatchewan
I really liked that old depot and steam engine Jawtooth. Long trains with DPUs and helper units. Back in my day we ran helper units and we didn’t even have DPUs then. We’ve came along way. I did really enjoy my engineer days though! Hey cool video!👍❤️
Hi Jaw & Mrs.Tooth & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Jaw & Mrs. Tooth & Friends Randy & Hi To The Cat Murphy & Thomas & Hi To The Dog Jessie & Logie & Brandy Thanks For The Video Jaw & Mrs.Tooth & Friends Randy
Cool video my dad worked and retired from csx and back in the 80s 90s i would go to work with him and ride the old chessie engines and cxs around Baltimore and sometimes road trips from Baltimore to Richmond to frostburg very cool experience especially going thru the mountains
While there is no Street running Cowan does bear a resemblance to a laid-back tourist oriented town. with friendly people. Besides the depot and the railroad displays by it @27:00 is the two-story brick building a former Tower or yard office building? Just watching the coal train bearing down on the hill It must climb was great. Then to see the units cut off on the Fly and then tuck themselves in the yard was great. On occasion we're still lucky here in Wisconsin to witness that on occasion south of Fond du Lac WI as some freights need an extra boost on Byron Hill. A touch of the South with the names on the CRYX cars. @28:13 BUBBA and @28:45 Possum Hollow. So thanks for the tour down in Dixie
I think that was an old railroad building but I couldn't find any info on it. This might be the first time I have seen a locomotive cut off on the fly. That was cool. Thanks for watching and commenting Paul!
Yeah, that sure _is_ cool! I've never seen engines cut off on the fly before! Great catch seeing it live!
I have hiked this line to the tunnel and it is impressive , ridden my mountain bike from the depot up the hill to Monteagle , TN ; BRUTAL climb , but worth the effort. This is great country , glad you had fun here , watch out for Rattlesnakes !! This grade and the one at Sand Mountain have tested the skills of generations of engine crews . Thanks for posting .
Sounds great! Wish I had more time to explore the area. Thanks for watching!
I have hunted many year on both sides of tunnel there is a vent on both sides. Train going thought will flip you hat off going in and suck your hat off leave
"The Pusher Job"; that's what they call it. My son is an engineer on the pusher job (up Sand Mountain) just north of Cullman at Lacon, AL. And they cut loose on the fly there also. Special locomotive with equipment that allows them to do that. Thanks for the video, Brian.
Nice & TY
I Believe it's called "helperlink"
“But wait, theres more!” Never gets old!
Thanks for watching!
Re: those "manned" pushers @32:00...I can't recall if, or when, I've even heard anything so powerful as those two GE's...my earbuds were vibrating💓😵💫!!! That is raw FDL power in force!! Worth waiting for, JT 👌👌👍👍
Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, I like them, they're awesome, @JawTooth, Brian, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.
Thanks Ivan! Have a great week and I hope you see some good trains also
@@JawTooth Thanks and you're very welcome, Brian.
I really did like the last train with the two engines at the front, a DPU and two engines in the rear. Those engines were really pushing hard, thanks.
Another fabulous mixed manifest with 170 cars! Among the cars were 5 loads of heavy plate steel, a mid-train DPU, and 2 rear DPUs. That's the kind of train rail fans like me dream of! Thank you, my friend!! 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
@@JawTooth I certainly did. 😃😃
JT, thank you for the spectacular trains and scenery today. I believe I've run out of things to say about them. The very best part was seeing your lovable pets! Brandi was the icing on the cake! Please tell them all I said hello! I sure look forward to the videos from the road trip! Thanka again and be safe! 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful scenery for train watching. another great area for railroad enthusiasts. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Switzerland. BRAVO & LIKE
Thank you very much!
I spotted the Texaco station as you were positioning for the first train. Old station well preserved. Bring back good memories. You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. That big red Texaco star!🎶the commercials would sing. Great trains. We enjoyed the dip. Nice little town
Yes that WAS a good video. Lots of trains, big Blue Freddy on one of them and saw the helpers knock down the signal for the siding. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey JawTooth 👌👌🚂🚆🚆🚆🚂🚆🚆🚆🚂🚃🚂
Great video
Enjoyed watching
Hello to Mrs JawTooth 👌👌👌
Thanks 👍
great video j t, that dip in the tracks showed up quite well, nice hat.
Great area to watch trains. That helper action is really something different and makes the experience more interesting. I’m from the western part of the state and used to visit the area while one of my daughters was attending school in Chattanooga (another great railfanning area). Thanks for the vid.
Some really cool old trains and locomotives
Especially the last one with the 3 DPUs.
Nothing replaces shade when sunny and hot. Nice straw hot!
Railroad history is important. Without history,you won't know how we got here.
Unfortunately the new generation could care less they think everything is magic
Yes, I agree. Thanks for watching!
Or where we are going. History has a day of repeating itself
*way @@andrewkriek7666
Never saw a 242 Columbia in real life. They made millions of those by Lionel and Marc train but I never saw one in real life until now. Fantastic catch!
Thanks JT,.Always Awesome.....
thanks for watching!
Hello i really like your video from Mr. Morris from redlands Ca., keep on sending them .
It’s great how you go to differing locations! Makes for so many new photo ops!
I want to see as many as possible
Really cool looking train station. Love the old trains and cars.
Great train action from Cowan TN. with a nice train station, old trains and
a caboose, also some DPU'S, an awesome view of the trains as they go by
and of course the awesome amazing live action pets and music slide show
as always Thank You Jaw Tooth.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲
Good morning Sir..great way to start a day...
Absolutely fantastic and awesome video can't stop watching this!!!!!
Wow, thanks!
That was one long train,I bet those at the crossing were chafing at the bit😊..cheers JT, exceptional quality mate...👍🐨blessed be🙏👋
1:08 Double gates! I wanna say JT mentioned it recently that it is rare. I guess it discourages cars from wiggling thru the gates.
Really cool video and location great video thanks Brian
Thanks 👍
That was a pretty little setting there where that depot is surrounded by all the green grass. (I live in the desert, so love to see green!) Thanks, JT!!
Very cool! I like visiting the desert. I remember going to Arizona and driving into the middle of the desert
Very cool Steam Engine and Awesome Looking Train Station. Thank you for your cool Video's.. Thank you for the Shout out.
Some great shots today, JT!! You caught some monsters! I love seeing the trains that are close to home. Stay safe out there and God bless!
Thanks! You too!
Thank you for bringing good content everyday
Glad you enjoy it!
Nicely done, great job on this video,,thanks for sharing,,😊
Thank you! Cheers!
Fantastic video JT and amazing locations great work sir play the video son 👍 greetings from Scotland 😊
31:42 Wow! Dpu in the middle, and Dpu at the end. Super long train that's Epic awesome video.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
That was a very good empty coal train. One of the longest I've seen from down there, JT! Great catch! 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤
Great video JT. Stay cool and keep 'em coming. I also love those little towns you visit. It's like taking a trip in the past
More to come!
The log cabin that was the first courthouse was awesome! I really like it! 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤
Glad you liked it!!
@@JawTooth I surely do! 😃😃
Really good video today JT! Thank you!!
Awesome video with a dpu working hard and 2 man helpers working hard but wait there’s more to come 👍🇺🇸😎🚂👍
Hey jaw tooth nice area. Cool train display by station. Awesome trains passing. That's quite a grade. Definitely need helper units there. Have a great railroad day. 🚂🙋♀️
WOW!! Never seen pushers just back off like that!
Just hit me, You can trust your car to the man who wears the Star, the Big Bright Texaco Star ✨😅
Nice to see these towns, no matter how large or small, remembering their railroad history! Any idea what the 2E and 78 mean on the historic marker sign for the Depot? Nice catch of that helper breakaway on the incline! Always enjoy seeing Brandi and the new cat hasn’t figured out the cat door yet? Good video from the Volunteer State!
How ironic! I commented about the short trains as opposed to those from Kentucky. We had a medium-sized intermodal/auto rack and then a fabulously long intermodal/auto rack/intermodal that had over 180 cars by my count! Awesome and amazing! What a catch, JT!!! I'm thoroughly impressed! 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤❤
Very cool!
@@JawTooth 😀😀
That is a cool throwback Texaco gas station! '50s, '60s.... And that little courthouse. No room for a jury back then!
There wasn't even room for an Xray machine lol
"Well, in addition to being the Mayor and Town Council, I am also the Judge, Court Clerk, and the Jury. How do you plead?... Guilty! Got it!"
Another awesome video. The Texaco station looks like one from a model railroad!! Vintage!! Love it. Never seen the whistle post before. Pure Americana!!❤
Thanks for watching!
Hallo, erg leuke video, ik vind het leuk wat je op TH-cam doet😊
And another awesome video JT man I’m glad y’all enjoying yourself down there and catching a lot of trains. I can’t wait to see the rest of you videos from Tennessee and Georgia but anyway you stay safe out there my friend and watch your back and we’ll see you on the next one
Thanks JT another great spot go back again- helpers on fire
That vintage Texaco station in the background looks awesome. Great video (as always)
Thanks for watching!
On with the show. Nice place with some great trains.
Wonderful video, I liked it, have a nice day! Greetings from Brasil 🇧🇷
Thank you! You too!
Double DPU helpers really haulin
NC&St.L stands for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad bought out by the Louisville & Nashville in the 1950s! Always love your videos!
Thanks for the info!
❤ love that video keep up the good work be safe keep yourself hydrated
That was SOME video JT, I’m surprised the helpers cut off before the summit of the climb.
Thank you for enduring the heat so that we armchair railfans can sit back drinking beverage of choice!
Cowans my absolute favorite town to Railfan, go down there a few times a year. Great to see you finally get there!
Excellent catch. Thank you.
Thank you too!
I was just thinking, why hasn't one of those railcar artists thought to paint one of the tank cars like the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile? That would be a hoot. Dontcha think????
Hello Mr. JT
What a GREAT VIDEO /Thank You.
Love that little town! I live in Alabama. We love visiting Cowan. Great to see you in this part of the country.
Thanks for watching!
This was really awesome i enjoyed 😊😊
I really enjoy all the info. you include about the locations of your videos.I don't know how you can improve these videos but some how you manage to do so.GREAT VIDEO Brian👍👍
Astounding!!
Your videos continue to get better and better - which isn't easy to do when you've made such terrific videos for years!
Thank you for your hard work to make these videos!!!
Wow, thank you!
Super video JT, lots going on. Great train station and Texaco station. Nice intermodal. I really liked it. Never saw those pusher engines before. Stay safe. ❤
Thank you very much!
Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo ! 👍🙏
Cowan moved a closed train station and reopened it as a museum. What a great idea! Wonder if Hamilton will reopen theirs.
Amazing videos jaw tooth keep up the good work
Glad you like them!
Thank you for showing the rail size, i find that very interesting, and thank you for being out in the hot weather to keep the good videos coming in.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Awesome video. A couple of long trains, and love hearing the power on those dpus. Good spot,. Thanks for the video Brian stay well roll on
Thanks 👍 We were at the Tennbridge and a guy who used to work for the railroad down here told us about Cowan. that last train was exactly what I was hoping to catch. After waiting for a few hours after the coal train we were starting to wonder if there were many trains here. We were lucky to get that last one. Thanks again for the Super Chat support Mark! I appreciate it and have a great week!
@JawTooth your welcome, Brian you too.!
Awesome foal train JT! wow you could really see the dip in the track & the train then coming up it was bookin too. Cowan a lovely town lots of railway history. The old train station was gorgeous. 2 trains in 1 with the intermodel/ autorack. Like your hat JT! suits you. 2nd autorack / intermodel was a huge train! Just awesome my favourite of the day. The mixed manifest with dpu,s was a fab train too those manned helpers were really going for it! Tom has grown! Charlie & my other cat are not getting along! It's a nightmare when they are in the same room. 😮❤😊👍🐈⬛🐈🐕
Great catches and awesome video
Thank you very much!
I grew up in Tennessee, northwest from there. I think that is the same line that comes out of Nashville and runs down through Smyrna and Murfressboro. There was a sandwich shop when I was young in Smyrna that set right off the tracks. When you were in there and a train was coming, it sounded like it was gonna come through the building. It was very awesome.
Cowan is just north of Stevenson Alabama. I love your videos, just brush up on your geography.
Nice location Brian (1) the bang you heard was the slack running out from the helper engine cutting off on the fly … (2) the engines after cutting off were waiting on the dispatchers instructions ( once stopped you have to get permission to proceed ) (3) at 93 degrees all trains are operating on a “ computer generated “ heat order which reduces train speed substantially which effects the entire operation of these subdivisions. (4) cutting off on the fly is simply dangerous with the lengths of todays trains and the brake pipe hoses not being connected… you and Scott 👍~~~
Awesome video
Awesome location Jawtooth! Beautiful old depot and old locomotives! Great catches there! Awesome old Texaco station I have a couple of those old pumps that are the real thing!👍
A few years ago TRAINS MAGAZINE did a story on the Cowan helpers Great job as always JT!
My dad was an engineer on that pusher for many years
Now youre in my old stomping grounds.....they used to run helper service through Cowan.
Those helpers were busy the day I Wass there
Another beautiful video, Brian. Your shoots are always beautiful spots. This town of Cowan, Kentucky almost into Georgia, (my mistake, I read a few comments down - Alabama) is a beautiful quiet little American town. I will have to look on a map to see about where this is. The train shots are always excellent and so are the shots of the buildings, trees and your commentary gives us information that helps us to enjoy the videos so much more. Thanks, Brian. Marcel from Saskatchewan
Hi, in the Uk we call those shovers, Bankers, they would assist up the bank or incline and then drop back for the next.
Nice and TY 🧐 📚📚📚
We get to see a lot of hills in Scotland, but England always seems to be flat land.
Excellent videos Mr Jawtooth absolutely enjoying all your new videos keep it up catch more trains
Thank you very much!
I really liked that old depot and steam engine Jawtooth. Long trains with DPUs and helper units. Back in my day we ran helper units and we didn’t even have DPUs then. We’ve came along way. I did really enjoy my engineer days though! Hey cool video!👍❤️
Hi Jaw & Mrs.Tooth & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Jaw & Mrs. Tooth & Friends Randy & Hi To The Cat Murphy & Thomas & Hi To The Dog Jessie & Logie & Brandy Thanks For The Video Jaw & Mrs.Tooth & Friends Randy
Coal trains and a incline plus a historic Texaco station Great video
Another day Another awesome video.
Glad you enjoyed it
nice Have a great day
Cool video my dad worked and retired from csx and back in the 80s 90s i would go to work with him and ride the old chessie engines and cxs around Baltimore and sometimes road trips from Baltimore to Richmond to frostburg very cool experience especially going thru the mountains
Good vid, JT. Really like this location.
Thanks 👍
Love the throwback pic!
lol, thanks!
CSX helpers are always very cool 😎
Thanks for watching!
There is a tunnel not far from there that used to be a great place to photograph train...
I went to Tunnel Hill which is nearby and got one train there
While there is no Street running Cowan does bear a resemblance to a laid-back tourist oriented town.
with friendly people. Besides the depot and the railroad displays by it @27:00 is the two-story brick building a former Tower or yard office building? Just watching the coal train bearing down on the hill
It must climb was great. Then to see the units cut off on the Fly and then tuck themselves in the yard was great. On occasion we're still lucky here in Wisconsin to witness that on occasion south of Fond du Lac WI as some freights need an extra boost on Byron Hill. A touch of the South with the names on the CRYX cars. @28:13 BUBBA and @28:45 Possum Hollow. So thanks for the tour down in Dixie
I think that was an old railroad building but I couldn't find any info on it. This might be the first time I have seen a locomotive cut off on the fly. That was cool. Thanks for watching and commenting Paul!
@@JawTooth I live near cowan and a volunteer there and the 2 story brick building is the old CTC building
Those cabooses are awesome to just look in. We have a caboose here in my area by a museum that has been parked for years Brian.
Its incredible how hard those DPUs had to work! A beautiful sound!!!
It really is!
@@JawTooth 😄😄
Cool video as always, thumbs up
You always seem to find interesting places to film.
Nice video ! Interressant this discoupling on the fly, never seen !
Many thanks!