Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 heads westbound through downtown Decatur, IL. with a new crew on board.

Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 heads westbound through Oakley, IL.

Eastbound Norfolk Southern #256 Roadrailer climbs out of the Rock Creek sag just east of Rockfield, IN shortly prior to sunset, 10/24/23. The good Lord blessed me with parting clouds, a setting su... (more)

Eastbound NS 256 passing through New Waverly, IN just after sunset, 09/18/23.

The Voltz Yard in Kansas City, MO, to Oakwood Yard in Detroit, MI, roadrailer struggles along the Springfield District about 10 miles east of Springfield. A lone BNSF unit works hard to keep all t... (more)

The Voltz Yard in Kansas City, MO, to Oakwood Yard in Detroit, MI, Roadrailer blast under the old CNW St. louis line at Curran, about 10 miles west of Springfield. A lone BNSF unit works hard to k... (more)

On a clear fall afternoon, the Swift RoadRailer highballs southbound near Grass Lake, California.

What's left of a once robust business, Kansas City-Detroit is the last RoadRailer lane. 256 pulls from Milan, MI with 95 Triple Crown trailers on the drawbar.

The things we see come and go. Note the Union Pacific road railer. This train is southbound. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Westbound Norfolk Southern #253 Triple Crown Services Roadrailer passes by the derelict Logansport, IN Wabash Railroad passenger station on a beautiful September 1987 day. Kodachrome slide.

Norfolk Southern Roadrailer train 258, powered by NS EMD GP60 No. 7115, passes through a deep cut of the Southern Railway’s upgraded “Rathole” line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga at Keno... (more)

Old school spartan cab EMD SD70 leading an eastbound NS 256 Roadrailer passing through Rockfield, IN at 60 mph track speed.

In October 2014, a Norfolk Southern RoadRailer train crosses the bridge over the Tennessee River in Chattanooga. This is a vertical lift bridge near the Chickamauga Dam and Highway 153.

Westbound Roadrailer train #255 hammers across the west end of the siding at Sloan. The train is making good time across the Lafayette District enroute to the next crew change point at Decatur, IL... (more)

Roadrailer service just isn't what it use to be, and I wonder how much longer it will last? This once well known service is down to just 2 trains a day between KC and Detroit, and that might not b... (more)