Atlantic Coast Line 501 on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

This 4-6-2, number 1668, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The total engine and tender weight was 468,200 lbs., and the tractive effort was 43,100 lbs... (more)

A quartet of ACL E-units, led by E6 520 is slowing down as it rolls through Rocky Mount, N.C. on March 26, 1960. The train is number 88, the Florida Special. Photo by Felix Brunot, from my c... (more)

The purple and aluminum ACL E6AA sets 511 & 519 leading the southbound "West Coast Champion" has stopped at Winter Park, Fla., station on April 10, 1952. ACL E6 511 received a new EMD E8 nose afte... (more)

Since the mid-90's, ACL 648 has worked the spur here, once Standard Sand & Silica, then Rinker, now Cemex. Restored by the Florida Railroad Museum, replacing the SCL 130 markings it had for a whi... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line 501 at the North Carolina Transportation Museum

Now wearing the third coat of paint since going on display here, the ex-Mosaic/Cargill/NYSW RS1 now wears "Atlantic Coast Line", the number reflects the date of Fort Meade's establishmen... (more)

For one day, to join N&W #611's return to the rails, famed #501 was dressed to play the part of an ACL locomotive on loan to the Norfolk & Western, replicating the 1958-59 period where such a thin... (more)

An old and weathered Atlantic Coast Line 648 continues to work at the Cemex Davenport Sand Mine. Photo taken with permission.

One of five former Columbia, Newberry & Laurens GP7s that joined the ACL roster powering a phosphate train with two F units at Mulberry, Florida on February 28, 1965. ACL subsidiary CN&L units ... (more)

Former Atlantic Coast Line passenger station in Florence, South Carolina. It was offices for MeCloud, the hospital system in Florence, when I made this photograph. Florence is still served by Amtr... (more)

Built in the 1880s by the Manchester and Augusta Railroad, this depot in Pinewood, SC is the only railroad station still standing in Sumter County. The railroad soon became part of the Atlantic Co... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line SW7 number 648 could use a little touch up on the paint as it idles outside the Cemex Sand Mine near Davenport, Florida.

A Golden Arrow Lines excursion on the Central Wisconsin Railroad route between Waukesha and North Prairie is passing a small grain elevator off Main Street east of Genesee Depot in August 1984. It... (more)

A family portrait of the steam locomotives at the North Carolina Transportation Museum's roundhouse.