An eastbound grain train is passing the former MP station in this great little junction town. My kinda place. The station now houses the local Chamber of Commerce and a museum.

A short-lived train around here, this decimated trash train is westbound at the tiny town whose “square” is a triangle, formerly a junction with the Saltville Branch.

A former CP unit is living a more sedate life these days. I'm glad those spark arrestors never caught on. Definitely not a "liberated exhaust".

Well, the only parking was on the wrong side of the tracks. You have to have been there. You do the best with what you have. The Santa train is braking to a stop as it passes the iconic old chu... (more)

Despite the weather, all along the route of the Santa Train people came out just to see it and the 75%- beautiful locomotive. Sorry CSX Clinchfield loyalist here.

With nicely matched paint schemes and newly renamed cars the Santa Train is beautiful and the sun failed to appear just like always.

Carrying the "trash train", this westbound is not technically an intermodal but carries a huge cut of stinky stuff from back east going to grace the fair soil of Alabama. It gets stuck ... (more)

Apparently now owned by MRIX, the former CR 3032 still carries its NS colors while it works with a leased unit. The harvest is just cranking up and business promises to increase dramatically.

Perhaps the most cheerful looking thing in Alton (sorry C of C) this TRRA alumnus is one of the switchers shuffling cars at a large metals recycler. Taken with permission, PEP etc.

Carrying export locomotives for Mongolia, without trucks, this special has the railroad as it heads east on the Radford sub.

Remarks: EMD GP50 derated to 2500 HP and modified with a “unibrow”. I also don’t remember that dampening struct on the trucks of production units. This little town hosts the small ex-SLSF y... (more)

A westbound freight threads its way through the highest and more interesting trackage of the old alignment. Photo by Robert Robl.

After hauling cars and passengers into to Whittier (back in the good old days) the daily mix is back where they will drop the flats and head back up Turnagain Arm toward Anchorage.

Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.