L&N slug set heads back to L&N's S&NA yard after delivering a transfer to ICG at West End. S80m was L&N's designation for Alco switchers repowered with 567s. The slug was converted from an L&N R... (more)

The daily Artesia, MS - Montgomery, AL freight is on a roll through the hilly country south of Tuscaloosa behind a typical mix of ICG types and colors.

After being delayed in St. Louis on account of hitting an automobile, the northbound Ann Rutledge is late as it approaches the Alton, IL station stop.

As the daily Hamlet-New Orleans run-through train approached Saugahatchee Road, two ladies pulled onto the crossing and, upon seeing the train, came to a full stop. They looked at each other for ... (more)

The ready track is dominated - as was fairly typical in the mid-1970s - by GP38s, but there's also a SW/slug set, as well as a pair of FP7As present this bright fall day. Note the open racks of n... (more)

It is still hard to believe that the Southern Crescent had to call at this pitiful remnant of Terminal Station. Built in 1909, and torn down in 1969 (just 5 years before this photo), Terminal Sta... (more)

At start-up, Amtrak bought Es from railroads all over the USA, and also leased additional units, such as SCL 549.

In a move that only happens once every few weeks, a UP crew gets their BNSF diesels ready to head down the hill on the D&R to the UP interchange just east of downtown Russellville. On the other e... (more)

SLSF has been part of BN for 7 months, but it's business as usual on the south end of the railroad, as five GP38s - all still in Frisco colors and numbers - are a few hundred feet into their journ... (more)

School has let out and no fewer than four kids are running along and across the tracks of N&W's tiny yard in Napoleon as a crew heads to the DT&I interchange to pick up a car or two. The plant loo... (more)

Milledgeville was once an important town (check out the edge of the ornate brick station) on the once important Georgia Railroad Macon branch. When Georgia Power closes Plant Harlee (it may have ... (more)

Just before a spring shower hits Clinton, an empty coal train headed for the Powder River Basin makes a crew change. I never would have said this to the guys in the photo (I had friends on both c... (more)

Maybe 9,500hp worth of GP30s and 35s is not the ideal set-up for unit coal service, but it worked for many years for Southern.

Photo by Keith Ardinger photo acquired in trade, Collection of David Harris