In urban regions, obtaining a right of way for public utilities can require some creative engineering. This was the case when the Philadelphia Electric Company developed its 220 kilovolt system in... (more)

The second shift "Sawmill Local" prepares to head north out of Knoxville up the KD to Dossett, Tennessee behind a veteran GE leader.

Seeing a former Conrail B40-8 pulling a stack train in 2015 on CSXT is a highly unusual 'event' if you happen to be trackside when it roars byyou. But not everything is always as it seems as th... (more)

CSX Local A734-21 roars North through Saint Ives, AL. With Interchange from the Eastern Alabama Railway. Bound for Birmingham, AL.

Lead unit looking a little less than pristine on the westbound.

Westbound empties climb Christiansburg Mountain at Shawsville behind a C39/SD60 duo.

Here's one of the more exotic consists I was able to capture during my early days of shooting around Roanoke. NS 147 heads west through Shawsville behind a typical NS leader, followed by CNW 4551 ... (more)

Freshly painted [..CSX..] B40-8 Nº5957 (ex CR 5075) stands in Fairburn, Georgia.

Just another stealth unit awaiting a call.

Q46006 passes an NS 232-06 which was drug out of Inman to await a road crew at NS Spring. The cantilever signal bridge has since been marred by an aluminum signal support.

A lone CSX B20-8 sits on the engine track in West Knoxville yard. Photo taken and posted with permission.

Looking so fresh in its "stealth" scheme this recent Erie grad is departing the east yard with the "Loyall Turn", "headin to the hollers".

Chicago & North Western C40-8 No. 8573 leads a Salt Lake City, Utah to Stockton, California stack train out of North Yard on August 5, 1995. The 4000 horsepower unit was built by GE for the CNW in... (more)

A Chicago & North Western C40-8 leads a 67 car North Platte to Oakland intermodal along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake on July 8, 1995.

Two veteran CSX GE C40-8's slice through the streets of downtown La Grange at 1:00 AM on the morning of Aug. 8. The Louisville - Cincinnati autorack empties will soon resume track speed after exit... (more)