After a late departure from Roanoke, the last J makes up time with The Powhatan Arrow in tow at Webster, VA. The Blue Ridge still had its N&W Color Position Light signals as of this trip, a... (more)

On a warm early summer day, hotshot intermodal train 212 makes good time through scenic and quiet Oakwood with three reliable GE Dash 9s on the head end.

On a beautiful evening, a rare (in daylight) loaded grain train crawls into Gainesville as the two engines on the head end and the two pushers claw their way over the sharp curves and short, steep... (more)

NS P13 shoves towards the Sinclair track to start its night on duty. After doubling their train out of New Holland Yard, they'll run to Chamblee, swap out their cars for inbound cars, and run back... (more)

On a beautiful and hot north Georgia afternoon, the Reading heritage engine leads NS 238 up the Greenville District on its way from Atlanta to Charleston. I like all of the roadname-specific detai... (more)

On a beautiful and hot north Georgia afternoon, the Reading heritage engine leads NS 238 up the Greenville District on its way from Atlanta to Charleston.

Doing what she does best, 611, the Queen of Steam attracts a large crowd of onlookers at Morganton, NC. The J has not passed through here in 22 years, making this round-trip over the Southern Loop... (more)

After picking up a new EMS crew at the Danville Amtrak station, N&W 611 barks up the district's ruling grade at Bentley, which still sports its two Southern Railway signal bridges.

With the Southern GEVO shoving its fancy hood ornament upgrade at Durmid, the Spencer-Lynchburg round-trip Virginian gets out of town following a very late departure. The Southern signals s... (more)

The southbound Virginian flies by the cemetery in Gretna, VA. Fittingly, a headstone from the Power family stands in the foreground, as the remarkably powerful J-Class 611 gallops upgrade o... (more)

Before starting her 9-hour day running public trips around "The Rock", Stone Mountain FP7 6143, formerly New Georgia Railroad 3498 and Southern Railway 6143, idles away in "Pebble R... (more)

With the Conrail heritage engine leading under deep blue skies, NS 174 rolls by South Yard at Henderson on the way to its swap out at Jefferson Street in Atlanta, where a North End crew will take ... (more)

With one of the remaining twelve NS SD60s [not of Conrail heritage] leading the way down the former Central of Georgia mainline, NS 139 passes a Southern Railway fixed approach signal and trundles... (more)

In a scene looking much more like the mountains of British Columbia and far less like northeast Georgia with the fog and light rain, a Canadian National locomotive leads NS 222 from Atlanta, GA to... (more)

Despite its poor physical state, Savannah & Atlanta Pacific 750 looks wonderful in the main exhibit hall at the Southeastern Railway Museum. Originally built for the Florida East Coast and used on... (more)