Beginning in 1992 by NS as a program to remanufacture its aging coal hopper fleet into higher capacity assets, the Top Gon rebuilds were constructed for NS by the Roanoke East Shops to a tune of 1... (more)

A loaded coal train rumbles past the former West Point Stevens Mill that is currently being razed.

This neat looking dash 9 with Conrail air conditioner box, leads a hot Q155 past through Folkston whose depot is seen in the background.

Aggregate train A013 gets a clear signal at the XXB 126 and begins the journey north to West Point while dumping some ballast along the way.

The Union Switch & Signal color light signals protecting the South LaGrange control point have seen a lot in their day. From railroad mergers to new freight equipment like the double stack well c... (more)

A quartet of GP40-2 units shoves a long train of empty cement hoppers across SR. 115 and into the yard at Holcim cement as the workday is just beginning for this crew.

Exhaust fumes escape into the night time sky as the prime mover starts up and the crew brings this pair of old warriors to life for tonight's run.

A746 leans into the super-elevated S curve in Cusseta and is just a few miles from its next stop.

Another hot and colorful intermodal train in that of NS 22G highballs through Birmingham while Q185 passes on the left as a... (more)

A single locomotive consist is all that's needed to pull N247 through Birmingham and past the background of Sloss Furnace on a clear and sunny day. Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD70MAC
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 4777
Train ID: CSX N247
Photo Date: February 12, 2011

An Ace and 70M round the super-elevated curve as they make their way into Loachapoka on the first Saturday of college football.

CSX wasn’t the only one to make changes to train schedules in my area during 2017. Management decided to cut the daily through trains off the CofG route and instead use it as an “as needed”... (more)

While not original to this particular locomotive, the Thoroughbred looks pretty good on the locomotive’s nose as it’s framed in by the safety rails.

With all the passengers onboard and their 9:00am departure time met, this morning’s Watermelon Express is underway as it crosses over the interlocking with NS just west of the depot.

A BNSF 70MAC sans the BN nose logo is seen pulling a long coal train around the yard in Pueblo as it makes its way through the steel town for a power plant in Texas.