NS 174 (Macon,GA-Elkhart,IN) is stomping its way up the Howardsville grade just north of the town of Cohutta, GA. The train is about 4 miles away from crossing over into the state of Tennessee on its long run to Elkhart, IN. The North-End dispatcher got this long and heavy manifest line up all the way to Chattanooga, and the only train it was to meet is counterpart train NS 175 which will be waiting at Ooltewah which is about 12 rail miles from this location.
