New rail moves into the siding behind three EMDs wearing the YN3 scheme. A new crew hadn't been assigned this train so the operating crew tied it down before their departure.

Rushing north enveloped by the golden hour, 10 locomotives are on the point of this now abolished train. This train use to operate daily from Waycross, GA to Birmingham, AL. Traveling at 50mph on... (more)

A puddle captures a mirror image of the GE power that leads a coal drag through Roanoke. Also rumbling over a mile back is CSX GE locomotive #3352 assigned DPU duties on todays Lakeland, FL bound... (more)

A colorful lash up of GE locomotives pull today's Q514 and its 152 freight cars through the recently activated signals at Lafayette Connection. The 9400 foot train will traverse Lineville sub tod... (more)

A colorful locomotive package brings 144 cars through Roanoke making a total length of 8,761 feet of train. Locomotives: BNSF #7330, KCS #4514, KCS #4845, CSXT #1502.

On the last day of June, CSX train Q185 enters Standing Rock with containers bound for Fairburn Intermodal Terminal.

No longer in operation, Q678-15 pulls freight through Roanoke under a CSX wooden bridge. Even though this train is no more, this old bridge still has its wooden pillars shaken by several trains ... (more)

Wasting no time picking up speed, a stack train (operating as S184 today) blows through the grade crossing on the northend of Standing Rock with BNSF power. Nearly all 96 well cars are loaded wit... (more)

What do you do to make two different things come together and work as one?... "COMPROMISE" That's exactly what is done to join two different size rails. A 136 lb rail and 100 lb rail a... (more)

Keeping it moving with a clear signal, (Waycross,GA - Nashville, TN) train Q514 rolls pass an intermodal train in the siding with 225 freight cars. Locomotives and cars combined make a total of 9... (more)

Under a beautiful blue and cloudy sky, the now abolished (Waycross, GA - Birmingham, AL) train rolls through a dirt road crossing surrounded by pastures.

Empty hoopers move swiftly taking up 5,958 feet of mainline with CSX power doubled up front and a single unit on the rear (CSX #3147). CSX Transportation engine #949 was the last built with whit... (more)

Most of the CSX Q180 series trains run with BNSF power, but normally GE locomotives are always used. Operating only once weekly, today Q182 pulls out of the siding onto the main with EMD power on... (more)

Train Q186 travels through Dickert with intermodal containers in tow. The perfectly aligned containers gives the impression of a long cube shaped snake with BNSF power making headway north over t... (more)

WHOOPS!!.... No traction!... A combination of steel wheels, massive weight, and locomotive power has created an imperfection to the rail head. It can take only a brief absence of traction (especi... (more)