A westbound Southern train heads through the Western Railway of Alabama crossing as SCL Hamlet-NOLA run-through train - with an unusual-for-this-train SD35 leading - waits. That GP9 in the lead o... (more)

The dodger works Neosho customers using a pair of geeps, with an ex-PC unit in the lead.

BN power pulling coal empties waits as one of MP's coal service SD40-2s leads four more SD40-2s and a loaded coal train. I spent a lot of time in southeast Kansas in the 1980s, and saw lots of PR... (more)

Geeps old and new sit at Blue Earth with a short grain train. Don't know if a local was based here, or they ran the line in segments or what.

When UP and MP merged, a decision was made to pull most through traffic off the former MP line to Pueblo. That reduction was offset by Rio Grande (and later SP) trains running on rights between P... (more)

The beauty of Virginia isn't so apparent in winter, when it can be cold, wet and foggy. On this visit to Clifton Forge, the forecast was for freezing temperatures later in the day, but I had to g... (more)

After dropping a transfer at S&NA Yard (L&N & SCL), the crew heads engine-light back to the former GM&O West End Yard. The sun is setting old Alcos like 1108, but they have hung on in the EMD-hea... (more)

The switch crew in the GP38-2 get out of the way and take a breather as SD40-2s head out to the north end to connect to a freight headed for Selma and Birmingham.

Geeps and cabooses mingle at Clifton Forge back when it was still a very important spot on the Chesapeake & Ohio.

GP30s lead a westbound around the big curve at First Avenue. Think the MofW guys missed those little trailers when the companies started putting them up in hotels/motels?

Typical power for a hot Southern Railway intermodal train way-back-when - two GP35s and two GP30s.

UP and Conrail SD40-2's take intermodal west out of Bailey Yard's vastness. If you are bored by today's diesels, you probably weren't around during the reign of the SD40-2.

In 1973, you rarely had to wait long to see railroad action in Opelika. There were lots of local rail customers, Southern and Western Railway of Alabama interchanged daily, and a Southern branch ... (more)

Time is running out for Southern's branch connecting Columbus and Griffin, as a GP30 and maybe a dozen cars roll into Concord. That tree trimmer's yellow rig is doing a good job of pretending to ... (more)

In the 1970s L&N stopped outlining the yellow letters and numerals on their diesels in black, while also going to a paler shade of yellow. That resulted in the markings almost disappearing into t... (more)