Nickel Plate Road #765 leads the Bureau Rail Express through Colona. Behind the Berkshire are two of Amtrak's heritage units, #156 and 66, respectively.

The Santa Train crosses over the Holston River, nearing the end of its 110 mile journey in Kingsport.

The sun begins to set on what has become the ghost town of Oakdale, TN. The NS don't stop here anymore..

The Santa Train approaches St. Paul on its 70th anniversary.

The quiet of the night is broken as a Norfolk Southern manifest rumbles across the Susquehanna River.

A pair of EMD standard cabs coast downgrade with a loaded rack train, crossing over Ollis Creek and the former Southern Railway branch that once served the holler.

Ex-White Pass & Yukon #70 coasts downgrade with engineer Casey Rhodes at the throttle.

Rolling to the top of the grade on Christiansburg Hill on a rainy winter's day.

Southern Railway #4501 puts on a show rolling upgrade through the classic N&W CPLs at Washington.

The Santa Train is an hour into its journey and near the beginning of the Clinchfield Railroad on a very cold morning.

Southern Railway #630 drifts through the Georgia hills, approaching the Chickamauga Battlefield on its southbound journey.

NS 142 heads north through Oakdale. This could very well be the last snowfall for these searchlights as their replacements were just to my right across the tracks.

54G rolls into the setting sun as it begins its assault on Copper Ridge, where it will soon face 2% grades.

A southbound rolls out of Hickory Creek tunnel #3 as the fog burns off.

A loaded coal train is down to a crawl as it emerges from the third tunnel on the KD going south before crossing over Hickory Creek. The manned helper from Morley was put onto the back of the trai... (more)