A dirty glow worm still shines brightly.
A lucky break in the clouds as the Conrail cruises through a cut.
Phase IV leads a new Siemens in Phase VII paint. Phase IV was brand new when I started taking pictures 30 years ago... cool to see it leading what will soon take over. Reports are that crews wil... (more)
Even if the locomotive may have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down... a great paint scheme makes it all ok. The Honoring Veterans locomotive drags an Inman Yard-Indu... (more)
A couple of uniquely painted motors power an empty Tampa to Bensenville ethanol train, here crossing the large fill climbing out of the Etowah River Valley.
Back to back ethanol trains, both with rare leaders, graced the old Western & Atlantic RR. It felt like railfanning 20 years ago, when CSX trains were often powered by a crayon box of variety.
It's a good day when Canadian Pacific heritage paint leads a train into Atlanta in sweet morning light. It's one of the few positives I'm finding in the CP/KCS merger.
A run-through to CPKC takes the siding at York to meet Amtrak, with the leader painted to Honor Canadian & US Navies.
The double heritage was a nice surprise, after Industry Yard moved the Wabash from DPU to one of the lead motors.
I had no intention of going out, but it was a beautiful day with a clean, interesting locomotive... so I couldn't resist.
The Sonic Bonnet looks great in the early morning light, with a relatively uncommon SD40E & high-hood GP38-2 also in consist.
Train 346 has averaged around 5mph since departing New Orleans' Oliver Yard on the 24th. But it made for a perfect morning run into Atlanta.
346 24 didn't have a great trip from New Orleans, but delays made for a perfect morning run into Atlanta.
The Creamsickle Heritage Unit brightens up the southern tip of the Appalachian Mountains.
An interesting coal train, from Newell, PA to Pascagoula, MS/MSE was loaded at Lee Mine, WV and headed to Mississippi Power’s Victor J Daniel Generating Station in Escatawpa, MS. While the train... (more)
