With the last rays of the November sun fading quickly, the crew of this rail grinder have parked and shutdown their equipment for the night in the siding just west of Willoughby. The next day, the... (more)

The southbound Auto Train is being prepared for departure. The passenger portion of the train is behind two P40s while the loaded auto carriers are assembled on another track to be added to the r... (more)

A work train dropping ballast iis nice. It goes slow, backs up sometimes, like a chartered runby for free. I like those red lights. I think the FRA should mandate them.

I remember saying to myself "I'm glad I caught this thing, it won't last long." Here an ex-N&W GP18 waddles along at a hazardous 5-10 MPH. Now embargoed, despite the political wrangling I doubt w... (more)

Louisville, KY to Columbia, SC autoracks cross over Running Water Creek and Interstate 24 while climbing out of the Tennessee River Valley.

Yard Job TC85 makes 335's setoff into Debutts Yard, pulling through 23rd Street for headroom.

An operating museum piece, this ex-SOU unit is in front of the shops awaiting some work. Catch them while you can.

A look through the short Jarrett Tunnel finds the CNJ heritage unit leading NS 69V out of the siding at Coleman near the top of the Old Fort Loops. Thank you to Grady McKinley for the help on find... (more)

A short burst of sunlight finds two CSX trains drag racing through downtown Nashville, Tennessee.

15T is heading west out of Knoxville behind NS 9175, and has just crossed the CSX at the Willoughby diamond.

A West Tennessee train approaches Jackson, TN as it heads south along former IC trackage on a perfect fall evening.

With that chop nose it looks like a fugitive from the Western Maryland and that air tank location is unique as far as I can tell.

Needing more power, Clinchfield leased F units from the RF&P as shown here with 1201 leading a southbound and meeting CRR Train 95 North at Johnson City, Tenn. yard. No. 95 has an RF&P unit in i... (more)

Just before sunup in frosty downtown Keystone, W.Va., NS's Interstate heritage unit shoves train No. 776 up Elkhorn Grade, with locomotives in notch-8, awakening the sleeping mining community on a... (more)