Fireman Andrew Durden heaves a scoop of coal into the firebox of the 610 as the engine powers one of TVRM's Missionary Ridge trips.

A Missionary Ridge Local trip highballs for Grand Junction as Joe Wilson and Andrew Durden watch the tracks ahead.

In these days of leasers and hand-me-down power, it's always nice to find a shortline with nicely painted locomotives.

All is quiet on a Sunday afternoon at the MTNR yard in New Albany, MS.

One of A&M's famous Alcos leads a passenger excursion back to Springdale from Van Buren. This same consist was used on a shorter round trip between Van Buren and Winslow while the Springdale passe... (more)

While studying the rods and valve gear of the 844, I noticed some names and dates chalked into the dirt and grime on the main drive wheel. This ‘dirt graffiti’ could be found all along the tra... (more)

After running from North Little Rock to Van Buren in less-than-stellar weather conditions, the 844 was displayed west of the yard for the evening. Somehow the clouds, and the crowds, parted for a ... (more)

Just out of North Little Rock, the 844 leads the Valley Eagle Heritage Tour towards Van Buren on the former Missouri Pacific.

NS 69J rolls south through the picturesque countryside south of Valley Head.

NS train 69J is a unit train of gondolas hauling coal ash that spilled from a retention pond at TVA's Kingston Plant in Tennessee to a landfill in southwest Alabama.

A northbound rushes through downtown Stevenson behind a pair of filthy GEs.

This loaded coal train has just swung onto the branch to TVA's Widow's Creek electric facility, where it will be dumped. The multitude of electrical wires in the air indicate our proximity to the ... (more)

The sun dips below the cloud deck just before sunset and illuminates a southbound intermodal train as it hurries across the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River. At Nyota, just a few miles dow... (more)

This is the largest operating steam locomotive that calls Alabama home: the "Dame Ann," a 2-foot gauge 0-4-2 tank engine, built new at the Exmoor Steam Railway Shops in England in 2004 for the Wal... (more)