Green Machines In a scene reminiscent of days gone by, five Burlington Northern beauties (4 still in BN colors) are see... (more)

Lined up showing the three latest CSX paint schemes (boxcar, YN3 & YN2), the local jobs of Montgomery can be seen taking a break this Thanksgiving morning in the flat switching yard here. From le... (more)

A pair of heritage one units pull into Pueblo with a train of crude oil and begin to slow down for a run through the Junction as this train will soon take a turn onto the former Santa Fe mainline ... (more)

A pair of ex-Conrail assets spends the night in Notasulga siding on a rainy and cold January evening. This Jordan Spreader is headed to Mobile to dig some ditches.

Spirit of America
One a summer night in 2016 the solo unit of CSXT 7812 pulls a 100 car empty hopper train through the stillness of Cusseta. While the outside of this unit looks like ... (more)

The 102 continues to build its train on track 1 while a midday KCKDEN heads into track 9 of the Pueblo yard with quite a few tie cars at the head end. These old ties will most likely be set out h... (more)

CSX power sticks out like a sore thumb in the consist of today’s SLADEN mixed freight train as it enters into the BNSF yard in Pueblo after originating in Slaton, TX two days ago. Observant eye... (more)

The tail end of Q220 wobbles a bit as it heads out of the yard in Montgomery on this Independence Day morning. While all railroads strive for perfect track, it's sometimes hard to achieve and mai... (more)

Just another day in paradise as a yard job goes about its business in Norris Yard. Thanks to the Southern Railway Historical Association and NS for allowing us to tour their yard.

Having broken down a majority of its train from Barstow, the BNSF 7774 shoves back further into the yard to sort more cars.

A colorful pair of empty LPG tank cars roll past as they enter the S&NA yard at Montgomery on Q572.

After being handed over to the CSX a few hours earlier, Q183 begins its journey towards Atlanta as it passes the Birmingham skyline.

A late running Q145 passes the north end Notasulga signal as work for the new Loachapoka siding can be seen in the background on the left side of the photo. Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70M
Location: Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: UP 4437
Train ID: CSX Q145
Photo Date: October 06, 2010

The contrasting colors between new and old wheels are easy to spot on any freight car, especially when you light them up at night. That's certainly true for this Conrad Yelvington hopper car whic... (more)

Shoving hard on the rear of the ARSH freight is the KCS 4611 as it pushed a very long Shreveport bound train through the town of Newton. As one can tell, this unit is on its second number in the ... (more)