Built with oil bath air filters in the mid-70s, by this date SOU had converted to paper filters as reflected by the modification.

An early phase of a classic, obviously residing at the home of the Litterati.

One of the last of this model, still in original colors, is prepared to depart eastbound on a (now) NS train. Soon this one's fuel tank will be under a GP38 and the rest will be scrapped.

This unit is on the track between the approach to the K&IT bridge and the old PRR (in background) bridge. The track apparently used to go all along the river but was truncated years ago and at th... (more)

Three Southern GP50's lead 112 west as it nears Louisville.

Southern FP7A 3498, 3497 and 3499, lead an excursion train out of Greensboro NC into the morning sun.

The Norfolk Southern Steam/Excursion Program used Southern FP7A diesels regularly on trips. Sometimes as the main power and sometimes assisting the smaller steam engines. All four A-Units are here... (more)

Three years after the N&W-Southern merger, these two workhorses are still in Southern Ry paint. The paint still looks pretty good on the 3935 but 5211, a GP38-2, is looking a little rough around t... (more)

A pair of GP50s and a B30-7 (technically a B30-7A1) slide into the Gold Ridge (Gold Hill to civilians) siding for a meet with 135. The big wooden mercantile building in the background had been va... (more)

A little bit of variety on this day, as the usual geep-powered long-distance local has a U23B in the lead.

The Piedmont loads passengers at Kemper Street, with the usual cut of intermodal tacked on the rear of the train.

A nice springtime Saturday afternoon; the perfect time to stroll down to the tracks and meander around the site of a derailment the day before. Even for 45 years ago, this was the most relaxed cl... (more)

Southern 2664 shows off its AAR Type-B rucks in a broadside view.