Obviously renumbered not so long ago. Apparently the “self steering” GE trucks didn’t work out as the ES series has dropped them. I like that complicated look.

Yard switcher du jour.

Southbound NS mainline train meets KCS coming off the “Racetrack”

The MSRW crew stayed in Amory this hot, humid Monday, but switching the tie yard and getting ready for tomorrow's trip to Fulton has taken pretty much all day. GP7R 102 started out on C&NW in 195... (more)

Train #51 pulls south after dropping the conductor and brakeman, preparing to do a lot of switching in their Big Point Yards. Fun fact, MSE's Kate Luce was the youngest female railroad CEO when s... (more)

A southbound freight’s exhaust ripples the industrial stack in the background as they throttle up.

The more things change the more they remain the same. The “Crescent” is departing southbound with a mismatched consist. One car with middle-age spread, one airliner on wheels, and auto racks... (more)

After sitting in Mobile on duty for eight hours unable to leave due to track work, CN A489 pierces the silence as they haul north though Lucedale, MS. They then meet their counterpart, southbound ... (more)

One of the American success story railroads is the modern day Mississippi Export Railroad. Celebrating 100 years independently owned this year is the small shortline headquartered in Moss Point, M... (more)

The humid evening still is briefly disturbed as CN's Hattiesburg, MS - Evanston, MS turn L543 rolls south across the Pascagoula River in Merrill, MS along the CN Beaumont Subdivision. Leading the ... (more)

As scattered afternoon thunderstorms roll over south Mississippi, CN’s Wisconsin Central heritage unit brings manifest train A488 through Lucedale, MS. CN 3069 would be first of the CN heritage ... (more)