SARM 'Secret City Scenic' excursion

SARM operates the 'Secret City Scenic' excursion train over approximately seven miles of a former Southern Railway branchline just west of Oak Ridge. Several restored diesels of varying vintage ar... (more)

SARM operates the 'Secret City Scenic' excursion train over approximately seven miles of a former Southern Railway branchline which was built to provide rail service to the US Department of Energy... (more)

Just after sunrise, the 4021 (ex-SOU/NS) is seen kicking cars at Franklin Minerals' limestone mine and processing plant in Crab Orchard.

Franklin Minerals' Rockwood Turn arrives at the NS interchange with loads of limestone and calcium carbonate. Franklin Minerals uses several nicely painted locomotives for their operation; seen he... (more)

Exiting the tunnel through Walden Ridge, Franklin Minerals' Rockwood Turn is about to start heading down a steep grade as the tracks wind down off the Cumberland Plateau and into the town of Rockw... (more)

Franklin Industrial Minerals' Rockwood Turn passes through the rural community of Daysville as it heads east with loads of rock and calcium carbonate. Franklin Minerals owns and operates the segme... (more)

Running as light engines (3348 and 1645), A85 heads west through downtown Madison on its way back to Decatur after working the International Intermodal Center interchange. I nervously watched shad... (more)

A standard cab SD70 passes FEC milepost 0 as it leads 285 onto the Saint Johns River bridge in downtown Jacksonville, headed to FEC's Bowden Yard for interchange.

Just south of FEC's Bowden Yard, 101 prepares to take the siding at Bayard for a meet with 210.

FEC train 101 races through the community of Favoretta on its way south. While the north end of the FEC doesn't feature the dramatic bridges found further south, there are many tranquil scenes to ... (more)

A colorful consist leads FEC train 101 through the curve at Bunnell.

A southbound coal train is negotiating the junction at Folkston, where the Nahunta and Jesup Subdivisions converge for the run to Jacksonville, FL, along the high-density "Folkston Funnel." The Je... (more)

A pair of new CSX GEVOs leads a southbound coal train down the former L&N mainline. While I'm no fan of what CSX has done to their logo, I definitely won't scoff at the opportunity to shoot power ... (more)

Led by an Omnitrax GP38-2 (ex-Illinois Terminal/N&W) and two ex-CN wide cab GP40-2s, ATN's Guntersville Turn trundles into town.