KCS 4057 is in need of new paint... no that's no photoshop on the front of this engine. It looks more like someone took a red crayon or spray paint and filled in the letters.

The UP 1982 Missouri Pacific heritage unit lead IFWMN yesterday morning out of Little Rock, AR. It is shown here waiting on two WB trains out of Marion before continuing its trek in.

The BC Rail Heritage Unit leads a SB grain train under another newly constructed 3D detector. CN 3115 would be taken off in Memphis to be put on A420 early the next morning to go down to New Orle... (more)

The CN Yazoo Sub track has gotten a bit rough, as you can see in this straight-line shot. The rails seem to bending more and more and the speeds of trains are getting slower and slower.

UP 4014 rolls into Bell City making its way to its first stop of the day in Scott City.

I caught a loaded coal today leaving Jackson. While originally thinking I'd be catching photos of it on the Beaumont Sub, I then saw it was heading down the 2nd mainline towards NOLA. Much more ... (more)

It was November and the trees had just started turning. When you get this far down south, most of the trees just turn brown anyway, but a few extra colors help make this shot of a south bound man... (more)

CN 3233 (Veteran's Unit) led a unit ethanol train into Harrison Yard and departed rather soon afterwards on its way north.

Just by dumb luck, I managed to catch the Erie unit leading an east bound manifest out of the NS yard off Southern Ave. Also, when did that pedestrian bridge appear crossing over from UM? That w... (more)

Long shadows were cast Monday morning by a unit ore train on its way north, led by 2 CN units and an NS guest.

BNSF sticker unit #6111 came into the Memphis area leading a short manifest. It was nice to see it still relatively clean! In this photo, it comes into the north side of the very flat Turrell, A... (more)

The first of 3 southbound trains came across the BNSF Frisco Mississippi River Bridge with BNSF 6826 leading and BNSF 4714 trailing on a beautiful but crisp morning.

These NS pigs are always pretty short between Meridian and New Orleans, so getting up to track speed is no steep task at all. Here, he was doing all of 60mph coming into Purvis.

North Mississippi got a white Christmas (day-after) this year, and Z-195 was the first train to scream through Banks during the snowfall. 5750 was in charge, while a surprise guest tagged along -... (more)