I find myself mostly trophy hunting these days. I dragged the kids out for a pair of 'Grinstein Green' painted SD70MACs, passing the Irish Bred Pub where we would have dinner afterwards.
NS took a lot of CSX's traffic in 2017, then ended up leasing a lot of CSX's power in 2018 when the wheels fell off.
No GE's Here, almost no NS either. PRLX 200 formerly a BNSF/ATSF SD75M on lease to CN with two rather rare units trailing a BCOL Barn and a IC SD70, pulls passed the Sandusky Yard Office for a cre... (more)
Passing the First Baptist Church of Lithia Springs and some Crepe Myrtles, a Macon to Meridian, MS/KCS run-through has a treat for the fans all the way to it's ultimate destination of Shreveport, ... (more)
188 passes through Nolan in the late evening sunlight with a PRLX SD70MAC leading.
Warbonnet leaser. PRLX 201 (an SD75M built for the ATSF in 1995) is the surprising leader on CN 327 (with CSXT 5323 & CSXT 45 trailing), as these units rarely lead in Canada. Also somewhat ... (more)
A PRLX Rent-A-Wreck (former CSXT) GE AC60CW, which what once was an AC6000, leads southbound train #22Q past the cemetery in the quiet town of Enterprise, MS at track speed.
With the Conrail marker lights on and somebody using a paint roller in a half-asses attempt to paint over the logo, there is no question as to the heritage of the leader on NS train 361.
A mixed bag of power leads westbound 135 on it's daily trek up Old Fort mountain.
Four former CSX SD70Ms lead MALSS west across the UP Altoona Sub. UP has recently started leasing former CSX AC6000CWs and SD70Ms from Progress Rail Leasing in order to help alleviate their power ... (more)
After leading the transfer to the BNSF yard the night before, these two former BNSF units make their way back into the yard of their new leasers, KCS.
Norfolk Southern Train I4E heads East through Lincoln, AL.
Norfolk Southern Train I4E heads East out of the siding at Brompton, AL. After meeting westbound trains 225 & 23E
A leased SD70MAC is in charge of M7N, westbound on 2 approaching CP 506 on the way into the big city.
After heavy rains earlier in the night, a full moon illuminates the N&W-built coaling tower at Farm as an eastbound grain train waits for a relief crew and pusher set before continuing its journey... (more)