Watauga Chapter NRHS excursion is proceeding west on NS's former Southern Appalachia Division. This eclectic mix of passenger cars and locomotives is bound for Appalachia (short "a" pl... (more)

A few miles north of its origination at Kingsport this Watauga Chapter NRHS excursion is diverging from the former Clinchfield main onto NS's former Southern Appalachia Division heading railroad w... (more)

No ditch lights, no sill stripes mark this as another era as this local train works the yard here. We can't wait to see what the future holds for this line when the restoration is finished.

A northbound local on the CNO & TP is switching this historic railroad coal town, once home to the Tennessee Railroad and the Oneida & Western. Love those marker lights! Photo by Jim (Boxcar) S... (more)

Locomotives deserve to have their portrait taken IMHO. Southern had some of these -2s delivered with the old oil bath air filters (the Wait & See railroad) and they were very soon replaced with t... (more)

Bearing all the trademarks of its Southern heritage, this unit represents the "Luxury" or "Touring" or "Elite" package from EMD, two P5 horns, high hood, extra walkwa... (more)

A former Southern unit leads a merchandise train, eastbound I think, but not on slide. Code line on the south side to mess with photographers, no smoke, both clues. But eastbound, I'm nearly c... (more)

ATSF 131 and 115, GP60Ms, compare notes at Corwith Yard, Chicago. Both are showing a bit of road dust and could use a trip through the wash rack before flying across the country to California agai... (more)

ATSF 121, GP60M lines up with a GP40X and two GP50s at Corwith Yard in between runs on the Transcon between Chicago and California. At this time 4 axle high horsepower EMD and GEs ruled the interm... (more)

ATSF 122 leads a quartet of GP60Ms as they prepare for duty on a Q-train at Corwith Yard, Chicago. Soon they will be on the race rack to California with another trainload of priority truck trailer... (more)

ATSF 117 leads an A-A-B set of GP60M/GP60B units eastbound on a Q train as it rounds the curve at Ancona and heads north toward Streator, IL on its race to Chicago's Corwith Yard. The Super Fleet ... (more)

The leaves are still green but looks like Mr. Goodson has cut corn so it's the beginning of fall as this even-numbered mixed freight is moving westbound. Due to the end points this oddity lasted ... (more)

For once Southern was ahead of the crowd, testing these prototypes. Now post-merger ordinary power, this one is leading eastbound coal beginning the long climb to Bluefield.

Classic Wisconsin Central........ WC 6602 leads a freight up Byron Hill in April of 1996. The grade out of Fond du Lac often required helpers and the 2 SD45's are on their knees here as they are a... (more)

A local is making its way back east and has had to go in the hole for something. Today the code line is gone. The siding is now 10000'. Somebody mows the grass in the foreground and I'm still n... (more)