Seaboard System, Family Lines and Chessie System paint schemes are all present in a typical early-CSX mix.

Typical early-CSX mix of paint schemes, with a U30C in the short-lived 'CSX Transportation' scheme.

An SD40 and newer SD40-2 have a southbound rolling around the big curve south of downtown Albert Lea.

Southern had a big fleet of GP35s, mostly numbered in the 2600s and 2700s, with all but two in that series riding on AAR Type B trucks. There were also 5 or 6 GP35s that were bought and sublettere... (more)

Three of MP's burly GP50s are westbound on a hazy summer afternoon.

Southern' ex-CofG Birmingham-Columbus, GA main was loaded up with GP38s and GP38-2s in the early 1970s when I first started hanging around the tracks. Other models showed up regularly, but the bo... (more)

St Genevieve was definitely an out-of-the-way place on the MP. The small yard and engine house (which was filled with GP15s when I visited) were, I think, holdovers from MO & IL days, and tucked ... (more)

Five geeps and a GEBB sit on the engine ready tracks in Coffeyville. That's the railroad YMCA in the background.

Salina was on a looping branch off MP's Pueblo main, and normal service in the early 1980s was a local with a geep or two and a handful of cars. When grain was moving, MP would send as-needed ext... (more)

The Columbus turn is assembled, and headed east on the former SA&M main. Once clear of the switch, they will back around the wye to get the train headed north, then head for Columbus.

GP15-1 on a local out of Coffeyville has a split personality.

Train 746, the Montgomery-Opelika/West Point local, usually draws a pair of B30-7s, but today the crew is making do with one. That means long-hood forward for the eastbound leg.

Working for closely affiliated company Western Railway of Alabama, Georgia Railroad GP7 1019 switches industry tracks almost in the shadow of downtown.

Southern SDs roll between the Ocmulgee River and Rose Hill Cemetery as they start their trek to Atlanta.

A red-and-white GP38 greets the dawn in Tuscaloosa, with more GM&O GP38s visible in the background. That freshly-painted orange shed near the turntable breaks the spell, though. This is ICG terr... (more)