An all UP powered NS 225 intermodal and seven car auto rack train rumbles through the Magic City with a very eccentrically painted UP 70M at the lead. This locomotive has been missing half of its... (more)

After a meet with southbound train Q611, Q144 has received a track warrant north and now talks to the local signal maintainer for permission over more)

A Southern Belle sandwich pulls the always exciting NS 339 freight train into downtown Birmingham with the illustrious Sloss Furnaces defining the background. This is the Railroad: Kansas City Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: KCS 4029
Train ID: NS 339
Photo Date: October 15, 2011

Originally built in 1898 and officially opened to the public on October 9th 1900, the late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture on Nashville’s Union Station provides a fitting backdrop for ... (more)

Lovable Leasers A pair of leaser locomotives set the scene in Nashville today as Q237 is brought towards the Kayne Avenue tower with a former Union Pacific Dash 8 in the lead while the th... (more)

War Eagle!!
The "Winged" Ace of Q612 begins the journey into the “loveliest village on the plains” all the while passing flags promoting the upcoming 2011 Auburn Tiger Football sea... (more)

With a new crew on board, a rare CSX visitor starts pulling its train out the former Santa Fe yard in Pueblo toward the junctionmore)

Many miles from its home rails in the South and almost a mile above sea level, this CSX locomotive sits at an elevation of 4695 feet high in Pueblo. As the mountains tower in the distance, the tr... (more)

A very surprising CSX 70MAC makes an appearance in the 4695 foot above sea level city of Pueblo as it leads a freight train into Pueblo Junction and east towards La Junta.

Mid-west Consist A colorful mixed freight train passes through the "Junction" with power from three of the seven Class I freight railroads.

On this day of remembrance, a Patriotic UP Gevo leads Q145 over the diamond interlocking as NS freight train 336 patiently waits on the other side before continuing its journey to Columbus.

NS 393 starts the slow trek out of Birmingham as it prepares for a meet with NS 182 on a cool December day in the Magic Cit... (more)

After departing Norris Yard nearly 30 minutes earlier, one of latest Southern Belle painted 70MACs leads the Shreveport bou... (more)

Two KCS 70MACs pull the colorful 24E domestic intermodal train onto the East End District as it prepares to pound the diamonds at the 32nd street interlocking.

Southern Belles
NS 339 begins its departure of Norris Yard with a KCS 70MAC fresh from the paint shop in the current Southern Belle scheme, while on the right is the DPU power for 339... (more)