On its first night in service after being rebuilt in Altoona and painted in Chattanooga, Southern SD40 #3170 passes the building where the decision was likely made to purchase this unit: the forme... (more)

With their work complete T25 swings through Mascot TN headed for Sevier Yard.

Piedmont Division train 237 hustles south through Gainesville, Georgia, with the Central of Georgia heritage unit, passing Southern SD40 #3170. 237 moves intermodal traffic daily from Charleston,... (more)

Having been out of service for 8 years, Southern Railway SD40 #3170 moves its first tonnage since being rebuilt and restored into its Southern "Tuxedo" scheme. As viewed from Inman Yard's North T... (more)

Staged for a special photo shoot, the Penn Central and Conrail heritage units are joined by NS SD70ACe #1011 at Amtrak's 16th Street yard in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Casey Thomason. F... (more)

Southern Railway SD40 #3170 rests outside the NS paint shop at sunset in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Within a few hours, it will be cranked up and running, being prepared for revenue service after ha... (more)

After a rebuild at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and restoration into its original Southern Railway paint scheme at the Chattanooga locomotive shop, Southern SD40 #3170... (more)

NS 746 sits tied down, shut down at the East end of Portsmouth Yard with a pair of heritage units on point. The sign served as a good reminder that no matter how tempting it may be, no means no a... (more)

A late running Amtrak train #27 glides down Providence Hill, nearing the Beatrice crossovers as the NS 8099 and its oil train do the same on a chilly November morning. Both trains were side by sid... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Illinois Terminal Heritage unit leads NS I1E, Detour of NS 21E North up the Buffalo Line to interchange with the CP in Sunbury. The train is detouring due to the recent derailm... (more)

Some days you get lucky
Upon hearing NS 336 call the interlocker at Opelika, I headed for Royal City to get a shot of the train since I expected the light to be good there. What I di... (more)

Just before sunup in frosty downtown Keystone, W.Va., NS's Interstate heritage unit shoves train No. 776 up Elkhorn Grade, with locomotives in notch-8, awakening the sleeping mining community on a... (more)

I usually shoot the Sherman's Creek Bridge from the higher angle, tonight I decided it was time to change up the angle for something different. It worked. The signs of fall are present as you can... (more)

Reflecting on a day filled with rain, the Amtrak and NS Veterans locomotives are posed for display at Rose Yard for the "All Aboard Altoona" event. Joining the patriotic duo is Amtrak's exhibit t... (more)

The Daylight just begins to break....... The Surreal Erie feeling from the deep cloudy skies.......Fog.....Hiding some of the mountains.....A river crested high do to all the recent flooding and t... (more)