Westbound local nears Canton, NC behind GP38-2 #5112 in October 1988.

Two Southern painted U23Bs prepare to depart Greenville southbound in November 1989.

A GP works a long cut of single-stack IM cars (was there a clearance issue on SOU back then?) just north of the crossing with SCL's former ACL main, visible at bottom of photo.

A family photo passed down through the generations, this is one I am glad wound up in my hands. I remember being in awe seeing this photo as a young child, knowing someone in my ancestry was at t... (more)

When completed in 1833, the 136-mile Charleston & Hamburg was the longest railroad in the world. By 1977 most activity on the Charleston end had shifted away from these tracks in the downtown are... (more)

A Roger Puta photograph

A Roger Puta photograph

A rare SOU NW5 was in the storage dead line at Southern Railway Chattanooga facility

As a carload of excursion riders looks on, one of the Southern’s B23-7’s stands on a side track in Manassas, waiting for Monday to get back to work.

Alexandria Action 2 –The Southern Crescent is eight miles into its 1154 mile, 25 hour journey to New Orleans as it rolls out of Alexandria’s passenger station. An empty excursion train lead by... (more)

Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 and Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 look absolutely splendid as they perform a photo runby for the passengers of TVRM excursion train #300 and other onlookers through the ... (more)

Southern TR2B at Chattanooga, August 1973.

No. 6, the northbound Piedmont, at Magnolia with an RS-3, four F-units, and pigs on the rear.

The normal local and road power has all been shepherded onto one track at the Southern’s enginehouse in Alexandria, Virginia to make room for visiting dignitaries. Savannah and Atlanta 4-6-2 750... (more)