History Lives! Shortly before the 611 night shoot session began at the N.C. Transportation Museum, I caught these two classic old diesels resting with the 611 in the background getting rea... (more)

Historic Power. To the right is the Museum's GE 50-Ton Switcher, which transports visitors around the property. According to the Museum website, the unit was built in 1948 for the Anglo-Ca... (more)

Where's the Rest of Me? The CSX local reverses into a local metals place on one of its random outing to work the NIT, a once-bustling industrial park with rail access near Columbia, now re... (more)

Passing the Farm. The C&O (at least for now) 1309 runs through Helmstetter's Curve and past the iconic farm.

Bridging Time Zones. The Lhoist limestone train crosses the Piney Creek Bridge, otherwise known as the Timezone or Timeline Bridge because this is the boundary between Central Time and Eas... (more)

Georgia Power. This Geep rests at the museum, with the CSX SD45 peeking around from behind. According to the website, it was built in 1950. It apparently served with the Stone Mountain Rou... (more)

New Home. This former UP unit has found a new home with the rarely photographed Charlotte Western Railroad (the official name even though the unit is lettered Charlotte & Western). The CWR... (more)

Running the Grounds. With its first load of passengers for the day, the NCTM's ACL E3 runs by the front of the museum grounds with a non-homogenous mix of passenger cars behind it.

Early to Rise. While In Charleston for work, I woke up early each morning to see if I could catch PR working around the Charleston Navy Base. The first morning I had no luck but on this se... (more)

Foreign Power Leaving Town. For this area, a very rare lashup of four Union Pacific units plus a fifth NS unit leading NS 237 out of Columbia west toward Spartanburg, SC on the Southern's ... (more)

Afterward. Following the low-speed strike depicted in Photo 845556, the crew of course stopped the train and waited for law enforcement. Here, quite a few officers are positioned on the fr... (more)

Unique Leader. An SD70MAC leads the daily M580 through "the Ditch" out of Columbia, SC. In a rail reorganization initiative in the 1980s, the CSX and NS tracks in the northern part of Colu... (more)

Running Support. The WM's B32-8 pulls the freight cars past with the 1309 on the other end. In this area of the railroad, the Western Maryland required a diesel helper to be on the end of ... (more)

Moving Disney. As we waited to travel to Epcot, the Coral Monorail appeared with the American Flag flying in the breeze behind it.

At the Depot. The nicely restored Mallet locomotive takes a break at the Frostburg Depot on a Lerro charter.