A scene that wouldn't look out of place in a National Park. Perhaps that's why from Edgemont, SD-Alliance, NE they call it the Butte Subdivision?

My daughter Harper watches the DPU retreat on NS 226. The joint Blue Streak service is the fastest between Los Angeles & Atlanta and is competitive with over the road teams.

A NS Bow coal train, with a freshly repainted leader, passes under the B&P railroad on it's way to New Hampshire. Bow coal is routed over the WNY&P from Meadville, PA to Hornell, NY. To see a B&... (more)

Welcome to Atlanta, goodbye to the Belt Line. This was the last train I ever photographed on the A&WP Belt Line... by this point the concrete plant had stopped receiving aggregate by rail and onl... (more)

A highbox GP38 shows a new ECO how things are done.

In the shadow of Nashville Union Station, G146 is stopping on #99 track for a crew change directly below. Meanwhile, Q50207 has just changed crews and is departing on #12 track. Loaded grain tra... (more)

The conductor is the only thing smoking in this photo as the Iowa Traction pulls three loaded soybean hoppers uphill towards the IC&E interchange.

Running as NS KH52, the WNY&P Driftwood Turn drags 24 loads up the 2.6% grade of Keating Summit. Brings back fond memories of my teenage years shooting CN HR616's and CP M630's in Michigan!

Headed to Kentucky! NS 229-08 departs the Gest St. Pig Yard (far right), while the crew of CSX Q24109 (bottom left) knocks of the hand brakes. Meanwhile a van brings a Y2A-07 crew to their power... (more)

A Chicago to Birmingham freight sweeps around a curve on the long approach of the Ohio River bridge and will cross into Kentucky shortly.

Train 285, with intermodal & autoracks for Florida, passes 231 & G1A working in Whitaker Intermodal Terminal.

Savannah would never cross my mind when thinking about horseshoe curves, but that is exactly what Y115 is negotiating to enter the Georgia Central yard. Unfortunately, all U-Boats were retired in... (more)

The leaves are gone in Atlanta, but who needs fall colors with a consist like this? A Frankfort, IN to Baldwin, GA grain train with FIVE SD40-2's is my 4th train in 50 minutes, making for an exce... (more)

In a rare move, W054 uses the hand throw crossovers from #98 to #99 track, moving around another dead MOW train ahead. Meanwhile, Q120 departs town on #12 track. In the background is Nashville U... (more)

A "Friends of the Milwaukee 261" excursion compliments the fall colors. A nice touch is the magnetic Hiawatha Logo on the front of the clean Amtrak unit.