Every so often in this hobby, you get lucky and a little window opens up to give us a glimpse of what used to be. Today Southern Railway 3170 teamed up with GP30 No. 2601 to bring back some amazin... (more)

SOU 3170 sits in Spencer at NCTM with a nice coat of road grime, the engine will be on display at the museum for National Train Day related festivities as a guest from Norfolk Southern

C&NW 929, the ex-Chicago Great Western 409 heads through Kansas City

NS exSouthern SD40 3170, Southern GP30 2601,FP7 6133, and E8A 6900 pose together at the old fuel rack area at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC following celebrations over the... (more)

Is it the 1970s?? This southbound local is seen leaving Spencer Shops to do some work around the Salisbury area with a tractor man waiting to get across.

Look Ahead and Look South! Both 3170 and 2601 are seen here soaking up some sun rays.

Southern Tradition! Time has apparently stopped seeing this southbound local leaving Spencer Shops with the SOU 3170 running the way it was meant to be ran. A farmer is also seen here wai... (more)

As viewed from the turntable's pit: Southern Railway FP7 6133, E8 6900, GP30 2601, and SD40 3170 bask in the evening sun for a family portrait at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spenc... (more)

Gathered in front of the Bob Julian Roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, Southern EMD locomotives 6133 (FP7), 6900 (E8), 2601 (GP30) and 3170(SD40) bask in the evenin... (more)

Tacoma Rail 3000 along with SD45 3001.

P66 departs Columbia with the 3170 as they move right along past the rural Columbia outskirts.

Southern Railway's 1st SD40 No. 3170, restored into it's as ordered scheme; leads NS P42 from Gainsville, GA during a September evening as a thunderstorm builds in the distance. I was on my way do... (more)

Southern painted NS SD40 No. 3170 leads E14, relief for P94, south through Thomasville, NC on a comfortable April night. This was such a treat to see on the high iron of the Piedmont in 2016.

Westbound CSXT train Homestead

Southbound Clinchfield coal rolls into passing siding territory at Gray, Tennessee. The three SD’s will hold the main at the other end of the double track to wait for a train of northbound empt... (more)