Southbound Southern Rwy train #221 at Greensboro, NC behind five F units, October 1970.

northbound Southern pig train arriving Chattanooga, TN

Southern (CP) 2839 coming at us for the photo run-by. This was an Atlanta to Chattanooga trip.

Southern Railway SD40-2 #3252k sitting in CN Rail yards Fort Erie ,Ontario.

Four Southern SDs lead train 154 eastbound through Greenville, SC in June 1973

Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' from the oven, or so the Pillsbury ad campaign claimed. In this photo, the Southern steam assembled for this day's excursion emerges from the depths of the Sout... (more)

Local power at Spartanburg in the spring of 1971.

Southbound Southern Rwy train #153 passing a stopped merchandise train south of Greenville, SC in this May 1969 scene with a Cone Mills plant in the background.

Unassisted the great old symbol of the the best rail in the eastern US attacks the steepest mainline grade in America on a great day when Carl and Bob Lehman met me to photograph the spectacle. T... (more)

Southern Railway B36-7's 3819, 3820 & 3816, all 6 months old and with their stacks covered with heavy duty plastic, are shoved to a short-term storage spot by Southern Railway B23-7 #4004, outside... (more)

THE "GREEN LADY" HAS ARRIVED...for the party!!! NS 4610 sits under a watchful moon as a Pre-Celebration of the Grand Opening of the newly restored Aiken Railroad Depot wraps up. Norfolk Sou... (more)

Southern EMD and Alco power at Spartanburg in the summer of 1969.

Southern Rwy S2 #2224 working at Spartanburg, SC following a snowfall in March 1971.

Assisted by Southern Railway F units, former Savannah and Atlanta 4-6-2 No. 750 pulls a Richmond to Keysville excursion train by the old church at the Chula crossing. In the steam era, a water tan... (more)

Southern FP7 6133 waits for the departure at the station at Barber Junction depot. Thanks to the NCTM and fellow RP contributors Clint Renegar, BJ Preddy and Ben Earp for putting on this great nig... (more)