While trailing locomotives are usually of little interest, this unique scenario was noteworthy. After experiencing brake issues on the way to Savannah, an OCS with a trio of F9s and five cars was ... (more)

Three F-units and five resplendent passenger cars cross into Georgia on their way to Atlanta. Unfortunately, brake issues would hamper this train's progress to Savannah, and they would limp back t... (more)

Norfolk Southern's classic 1950s streamliners lead a deadhead office car special through upstate South Carolina on their way to Savannah, Georgia on a beautiful early fall morning.

There and Back Again

The NS Office Car Special arrived back in Altoona about a week prior, coming home via Hagerstown and the Lurgan Branch, but it was facing the wrong direction. To... (more)

Norfolk Southern Geometry Train 956 is seen here heading Westbound through Anniston, AL. With NS SD40-2 High Hood #3216 on the point

Union Pacific's OCS train stands in Atlanta, Georgia twelve hours prior to it's morning departure which will take railroad officials of NS, KCS, and UP to the Left Coast. A new UP ET44AC and SD70... (more)

The Union Pacific Office Car Special (OCS) is seen here heading Eastbound through Anniston, AL. On the NS East End District running as NS Train 956 bound for Atlanta, GA.

The Union Pacific Office Car Special (OCS) is seen here heading Eastbound through Cook Springs, AL. On the NS East End District running as NS Train 956 bound for Atlanta, GA.

The Union Pacific Office Car Special (OCS) is seen here heading Eastbound through Lovick, AL. On the NS East End District running as NS Train 956 bound for Atlanta, GA.

Drone Shot - UP OCS running on NS as 956 heads for Atlanta, GA as it passes through Cook Springs, AL east bound.

NS 956 breaks the bend at Villamont, VA, where the N&W bracket style signals are still standing one the former N&W Main Line to Lynchburg, which is now the NS Blue Ridge District. If you look c... (more)

Stalking the path of the former Virginian Railroad, Norfolk & Western 611 lines the Roanoke River with a trail of steam bearing a resemblance to a stream of cotton as the J Class works south throu... (more)

N&W Class J 4-8-4 611 on a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke VA to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC.

N&W Class J 4-8-4 611 on a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke VA to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC. The CSX Dash 8 had a experienced a tractio... (more)

Roanoke's finest hustles through the High Point Amtrak station ahead of the incoming winter storm. The arctic blast brought out some beautiful plumes of smoke from the sleek J.