Back in the 1970s SCL still operated a branch from the ex-ACL main at John's Island to Croghan, a tiny yard with a couple customers directly across the Ashley River from downtown Charleston. It w... (more)

Engineer Jim Dundon, Fireman Carl Spencer and Brakeman Jimmy Dolliver on the Norwich local, switching Standard Brand Dog Foods factory in Sherburne, NY. The boxcar shown was full of Agway Big Red ... (more)

It's late and veteran engineer Brent Thomson slowly bring the Tennessee Central "Murder Mystery & Music Special" back from Watertown, TN through the quite community of Lebanon, TN bound... (more)

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

Mixed train 31 - the withered remains of Georgia Railroad's once healthy general freight business to Macon - sits beside the new source of vitality for the branch. The unit trains of Kentucky coa... (more)

CB&Q (Burlington Route) GP7 224 at Kansas City, Missouri in February/1966. Photo from my collection, no photographer listed on slide.

A GP7 and GP35 team up to roll the local west. Think wood products are an important part of the traffic mix? Just ahead is the long, high fill at North Auburn.

The eastbound long-range local rolls into Opelika. At the time this photo was made, their would have been plenty for 46's crew to do in Opelika. I doubt the current NS counterpart to 46 has much... (more)

An ancient geep - coupled to a much newer GP38-2 - gets some attention at Columbus. First-generation units like 8233 are still out on the main in local service, but the end draws near for them.

Three dusty GP7s bring a train around the big curve in the Clifton Forge yard, back when this was still a hopping place.

On a sunny morning along the Ohio River in Washington, West Virginia, a Rail Switching Service GP7 works the Dupont Chemour Company Plant, shuffling cars around the massive facility and bringing c... (more)

An elderly GP7 is surrounded by even older facilities left over from steam days.

Identity Issues

Standing between two Conrail GP30’s of PRR and Reading origins, a former Frisco GP7 is at Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania for a little work. If the “Fris... (more)

Rock cut : NX12 heads north through a tight rock cut near Covered Bridge in Cornwall, CT on a wet rainy Sunday afternoon.