Racing eastward the "Southwest Chief" is down on the Mississippi as we make our way west to Iowa and a great railroad adventure.

A former Conrail unit is doing some switching.

In the foreboding shadow of a looming downpour an empty coaler is coming off the former C&O and will swing west on the former B&O main line. The foreign unit has some other companions in a once b... (more)

Lettered for Licking River Terminal. I'm reasonably certain these do not have Alco prime movers. One has radio control and is MU'd with the other. At the time they were either retired or backup... (more)

Lettered for Licking River Terminal. I'm reasonably certain these do not have Alco prime movers. One has radio control and is MU'd with the other. At the time they were either retired or backup... (more)

Some of the original cars. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Not as well known as Pidcock or other shortline empires, the Evans family possessed a prosperous little stable in the Tarheel State. Here one of their 70-tonner's Cooper-Bessemer engines produces... (more)

Modified for hump service at Rice Yard in Waycross these "H-15s" as the railroad called them were in at least one case re-engined with old 16-567BC engines. After SBD came along they sh... (more)

In no doubt familiar territory still looking spiffy in its merger scheme this GE is hustling a southbound freight through the beautiful countryside with Nashville as the objective. Photo by Jim ... (more)

Formerly of the L&N this unit is now actually CSX but does not bear that logo so I prefer Seaboard. It appears to be sitting in the "field" where units await assignment after being serv... (more)

It was unusual, I think, to find a large number of coal hoppers on this train but today the faded Uceta rebuilds have quite a string on this departing WB train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my ... (more)

On the longest continuously straight track in America (horizontally that it is) an EB freight roars by the former Seaboard station, one of the nicest little ex-SAL brick stations anywhere. I am h... (more)

The two peeps assigned to the plant are easing around the big curve, bound for Emory Gap to pick up some coal. This was the site of the imfamous fly ash spill in 2008. They still use coal. I wo... (more)

After picking up a train of coal at Emory Gap two geeps of obscure heritage are approaching the plant. The first is obviously a 9 but has a door from a 7 under the cab. Photo by Jim Satterwhite... (more)

Out of the haze, a westbound helper set heads to Farm for another shove. On a good day a haze remained in the tunnel from lots of trains and if a little east wind was blowing in Coopers the ghost... (more)