The nose of the 405 looks great in its EMD created paint scheme. This cream colored design came in two varieties for the L&N depending on what type of service the locomotive was to be used in. F... (more)

Solo again After acquiring a pair of GE locomotives from this past Saturday's W074 as power for the first two days of... (more)

The 01416 was part of a seventy car caboose class built by the Burnham Shops in Denver beginning in 1940. These seventy cabooses are distinguishable by the use of an all riveted steel sheathing. ... (more)

True Colors While the logo and name on the side of this locomotive has changed, its true identity is starting to show through as the famous more)

A pair of veteran H2 painted SD70MACs pull a nice long and loaded coal train along its final miles before it will reach its destination of the local Xcel Energy Comanche plant just 4 miles from he... (more)

A pair of butt-heads pull another cut of intermodal cars to the Georgia Ports Authority as the train proceeds through Garden City.

A colorful NS 340 is brought into the Magic City behind a pair or KCS Southern Belles on a gorgeous Saturday morning. This train also had another KCS Southern Belle 70ACe shoving on the rear.

Back in Black
Sitting at the Heart of Dixie’s back shop, the 2022 has traded in her coat of blue for something... (more)

Steel Circle of Life
With their days of rolling along the Nation’s railroad behind them, scrap wheels of which some were cast in Calera, Alabama now find themselves at the more)

It’s Alive
With the blue hour almost at a close, this little steamer starts to expel smoke and steam as it prepares for a nocturnal run. Special thanks to the Heart of Dixie for ... (more)

NS 335 prepares to leave Norris yard with a unique consist of two Ferromex locos, one being a GEVO.

the wheel that started it all…
Cast less than a mile away from the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, this wheel ‘with a pedigree’ as the slogan for Abex used to say still calls Cal... (more)

A year ago today the Go Rail and Veterans units teamed up for their first run together down an NS mainline. This pair of Altoona built locomotives that also wear a specialty paint scheme looked g... (more)

A018 has been parked for the night on the West Point siding and is illuminated by only the moon on this semi-clear early morning. The newly painted dash 8 on the point was excellent looking.

The very popular AMTK 145 and its Celebratory Phase III paint scheme honoring Amtrak's 40th Anniversary make their first trip into the Magic City pulling the Southbound Crescent while the famous S... (more)