In the early 1970s, not a lot of pool power came through Montgomery other than SP/SSW units on L&N 72/73. Oddly enough, though, SP/SSW units did occasionally show up on SCL trains on the former S... (more)

Working the wood yards around the Roanoke depot is what I beleve was a turn (a 'flip' in SCL parlance, I think) that originated in Manchester and made a round trip from there to Roanoke (or maybe ... (more)

Hi-hood GP38s in basic black had to be among the blahest locomotives ever, but at least tight-ship Southern generally kept them pretty clean.

Evidently there are problems with the Amtrak diesels, so D&RGW has added a tunnel motor to keep the CZ rolling.

Just south of the junction at Amqui, an SD40-2 in the new number series and FL scheme leads a stealth U30C and an SDP35 - also in FL colors - with coal loads.

An L&N crew waits to add private car Florida Surf to the rear of the Floridian. The car was built by Pullman in 1954 for the NC&StL.

SCL 966 teams with a much newer U18B to move a local train toward Boyles. The train has just slipped across the south side of downtown, and is about to cross Southern's line to Sheffield and Memph... (more)

After leaving his train of empty bulkhead cars on the 'main' in the foreground, the engineer gingerly shoves cars up the steeply inclined lead to a small wood yard. The GP30 looks pretty clean, b... (more)

SOU 2549 dips to the right as it crosses a soft spot in the track just north of Hamilton. The line was not in great shape, so there was plenty of rocking and rolling as the train headed up Pine Mo... (more)

A scene of a sb freight nearing the NS crossing contains a few archaic elements, like the SCL and L&N work train cars, and the trackside phone box.

Crew members grabbed Cokes from the machine in the depot before starting their work on the Western Railway of Alabama interchange. This scene is so reduced, simplified and sterilized in 2021 that... (more)

FP7A 690 had an interesting history. L&N had a big fleet of FP7As, but as passenger service declined, most were re-geared and put into freight service. In 1966, the ten FP7As with the best steam... (more)

GP7 8243 leads a trio of newer geeps out of the engine facility and toward their outbound train. Wonder if they're headed for Albany or Macon?

West of Roanoke, most manifest and empty coal trains ran via the old N&W, like this freight is doing on a gray January morning. The roughly parallel ex-Virginian on the opposite bank of the New Ri... (more)