This is the WB "Desert Wind" crossing the iconic culvert.

Northbound on MP, this may be the site of the old depot.

These were regulars on the Auto Train in their latter years.

This morning the WB "Sunset" is powered by a pinch-hitting old SP U-boat as it plunges into to that stuff the city fathers there like us to refer to as "haze". The classic old round end observati... (more)

NB "Silver Star"

SB "Silver Star"

There's something great about train time, the hustle and bustle that gets quiet around the ETA as everyone looks or listens for that great object of their attention. I do miss the smell of escapi... (more)

Laying over for the whole day.

The northbound "Silver Star" has this grizzled veteran in charge of this date.

The southbound "Cresent" is on NS tracks, passing a Midsouth unit. This is one of the better train watching sites in the south.

Crossing the old C&O Piedmont Division main is this NB train on an extremely hot and muggy day. Odd that RF&P sprung for a whole bunch of these really well built towers and apparently they never ... (more)

At Selma the NS line from Raieigh to the coast crosses the old ACL north-south main. Here the SB "Palmetto" rattles the diamond while a NB CSX freight does likewise. This is where we found sever... (more)

WB TRAIN TO PITTSBURGH

The EB "Desert Wind" is winding it out on the closest thing to a racetrack on the west side on Cajon Pass as the Inland Empire is splayed out in the background on this unusually nice day.

SB "Portland Rose"