First train of the day! A New Orleans to Waycross mixed freight slams the diamonds and leaves the unique concrete water tower behind on a cold, windy January day. Despite the cold weather, a gro... (more)

Long shadows and golden light tell us this will be the last train of the day during a short trip to Cordele. A nice duo of power is pulling our northbound intermodal through the busy railroad jun... (more)

Another southbound just about on 158's tail.

After a parade of northbound (I003, 007 and M433), I158 heads south.

CSX M204 heads north passes through Memphis Indiana with a newly rebuilt SD70AC on a cold winter day.

CSXT 4719 heads out of Selkirk on it second revenue run since it’s rebuild in the last minutes of golden hour light.

One of the last. This former Conrail unit is one of only three EMD units left that wears the attractive CSX "Bright Future" yellow, blue, and gray paint scheme. CSX 4419 spent a couple... (more)

A CSX manifest rolls through busy and very cold Berea Ohio, an NS train can be seen in the distance. Air temp was close to 8F.

Herzog Ballast Train: A loaded ballast train bound for CSX’s North Bergen Yard makes its way east on Conrail Lehigh Line Track #2 on a fall day. Behind the leader is fellow Tier 4 GEVO CS... (more)

The local power for Thomasville is found taking a long rest over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This 2,000 HP EMD product was built for Conrail in 1978. I'm sure this unit is enjoying the muc... (more)

Empty autorack train M202 is running 1x1 today as evidenced by the single locomotive up front. The lead locomotive was rebuilt from CSX 48 which was built by GE as a AC44CW in 1995. The CM44 pro... (more)

CSX M582-14 (Rocky Mount,NC-Nashville,TN) is easing up to the steps at Lookout bringing an end of inbound crew journey to Chattanooga. With the winter weather making driving difficult in some pla... (more)

A stranger in a strange land. A New Orleans bound freight approaches the Fifth Street overpass in downtown Cairo, Georgia on a beautiful Fall day. The Bowline picked up both M601 and M602 for a ... (more)

Right before church on a gorgeous November morning, the scanner comes to life alerting us to a southbound train approaching Cairo. We quickly drive into town and witness a mix of GE and EMD power... (more)

We see a friendly wave from the conductor on mixed freight M601 as they roll through downtown Cairo. This New Orleans, Louisiana bound train is spending a couple weeks on the Bowline due to work ... (more)