The lead diesel on a northbound leans into the super-elevated curve just south of Locust Grove. Back when EMD was king, GE C-Cs barely made a dent in Southern's SD-dominated six-axle fleet.

A switch crew has a caboose and two extremely beaten-up gondolas in tow.

A nice springtime Saturday afternoon; the perfect time to stroll down to the tracks and meander around the site of a derailment the day before. Even for 45 years ago, this was the most relaxed cl... (more)

Chicago to KC train has come down the former IC and is about to cross N&W (Wabash) in northeast Springfield. In a few minutes it will curve onto a section of former IT trackage to cut across Sprin... (more)

With brand-new BN numbers, a quartet of SLSF diesels still wear their Frisco paint as they drop down the hill and over Threemile Creek. The red and white won't last long though, as BN will push h... (more)

The mixed train to Macon (there's a coach tacked on the rear of the freight cars) heads out of Camak yard. It will be followed by the coal train headed for Georgia Power's Plant Harlee near Mille... (more)

Somehow these new C36-7s have made it all the way to southeast Kansas without even getting any grime on the plows.

722 and 750 team-up on an excursion down the former Central of Georgia mainline.

Just back from Lafayette, 242 and crew get ready to do some work in Opelika.

SD45s - in two paint schemes - take a grain train west from the former Virginian facility at Sewells Point.

Once upon a time, Opelika generated enough traffic that most freights would at least make a quick pick-up/set-out. That has just happened in the photo, and 135 is again underway for Birmingham, w... (more)

A gaggle of cabeese - inbound on the Evansville line - passes Amqui tower. The Louisville line - still referred to as the main, but long eclipsed in traffic by the Evansville line - is just out o... (more)

Once again an SCL locomotive fronts Amtrak's Floridian. This time, though, it is not due to the failure of one of the antique inherited E-units. Instead, SCL 1823 was added after the lead unit wa... (more)