GE B23-7 3138 leads the return trip of the road train as it crosses the final trestle heading back to the plant in Crab Orchard.

GE B23-7 3138 leads the return trip of the road train to Crab Orchard through Ozone.

After dropping off the loads & grabbing the empties, the Lhoist road train accelerates out of Rockwood for the climb to Westel with GE B23-7 3138 on the point.

The Conrail Rome local getting ready to pick up the NYSW 3006 to take it back to Utica. Photo taken from the ( somewhat shaky ) roof of Rome Locomotive Works. The N&W caboose on the right belonged... (more)

Other than the white patch and new number on the cab, this Conrail General Electric Dash 7 locomotive looks almost like it did when it rolled out of Erie, Pennsylvania in 1978. The shortline Meri... (more)

Santa Fe and Conrail in 2021? A 1979 built General Electric B23-7 is still in a mostly untouched Santa Fe bluebonnet paint scheme over 40 years after coming from the factory. The Meridian Southe... (more)

It is hard to believe that Southeast Mississippi would be home to some of the last Conrail Dash 7 units in existence. Proudly displaying Conrail Quality on her nose, Meridian Southern 4039 waits ... (more)

A very tired looking General Electric locomotive built in the 1970s is leading a short train of grain hoppers bound for the large grain facility in Waynesboro, Mississippi. This unit served on bo... (more)

Trading the snow for humidity. You might think this former Conrail unit is sitting in the weeds waiting for scrap but you would be wrong. This is one of the handful of old GE Dash 7 locomotives ... (more)

The late afternoon sun blows up the Scotchlite numbers and letters on 3994 as it crosses above Jackson Avenue. A couple of noteworthy structures are included in the photo. In the distance is Cam... (more)

The Voorheesville Runner also known as train NE-1 crosses Bozie Hollow Rd on the old former D&H Albany Main. This line could see new life in the coming years as intermodal trains 22K and 23K may u... (more)

Fall is my favorite! It was great to catch a pair of former CSX and Providence and Worchester Super 7s. Here they lead the 3x a week turn from Zanesville through the short tunnel into Cambridge OH... (more)

Lhoist North America’s low nose B23-7 exits the Willet Hollow Tunnel as it returns to Crab Orchard, Tennessee.

Imagine my excitement when chasing this shortline for the first time and finding a bridge for some elevation! I watched as the Fore River Transportation crew shoved some tanks down the wye into t... (more)

SLRS 4212 runs light east towards Guilderland, passing through a beautiful display of Fall colors that complement its Santa Fe paint scheme.