An Office Car Special deadhead move flies southbound underneath the Southern Railway cantilever at Cornelia. The train was finally cut loose after waiting an hour for the Loram Rail Grinder to cle... (more)

An ex-Southern high hood sits on a work train in Bluefield as the sun begins to set behind the surrounding mountains.

Mike Haverty's Meridian Speedway Extension: We're starting to joke that Mike Haverty has purchased the southern half of the Piedmont Division due to the multiple daily trains with solid set... (more)

Steam and smoke envelop Southern Railway 4501, which has just exited the pre-Civil War Missionary Ridge Tunnel on its way to Summerville, GA for a 9-hour round trip. Other than the amount of veget... (more)

Clouds obscure the setting sun as a southbound Georgia Power coal train bound for Plant Scherer in Juliette, GA races northeast along Nickajack Lake on the former L&N. Coal dust is flying and catc... (more)

On a sunny September day, Norfolk Southern's executive F-Units sit in Altoona awaiting their next assignment. Photo was taken from NS property with an escort and proper PPE.

Fellow RP contributor Jordan Hood brings Train 100 over the walk-up trail with a former Southern FP7 for power.

Having just brought local P16 up the Commerce Branch, a heritage visitor is in local service in Gainesville. Seen in golden evening light, the Penn Central motor waits for the engineer of train P1... (more)

The bright yellow and green Reading Railroad heritage engine on the point of coal drag 74M brightens up a nasty Atlanta weekend that has brought nothing but cloudy skies and an unpleasant mood to ... (more)

Is Canada taking over North Georgia? All jokes aside, an entirely unsuspected Canadian National cowl body Dash 8 leads Charlotte to Atlanta intermodal 221 through an odd second snowstorm of the se... (more)

What's more American than a railroad, a locomotive painted to honor the veterans of this nation, the American Flag, a 103-year old depot, and a grill? NS 154 has stopped to grab new paperwork to a... (more)

Factory-fresh Canadian National ES44AC 3029 leads Kansas City to Jacksonville intermodal 285 through downtown Atlanta. The people on this 285 are making much better time through the city than driv... (more)

Having just run the Hagans Switchback, two light engines are throttling up toward the summit inside the tunnel that connects Virginia with Kentucky on this ex-L&N mainline. Although this was only ... (more)

Charlotte to Atlanta intermodal train 221 grinds upgrade into Flowery Branch behind two Conrail holdovers that are still serving on the NS system. The slick rail is not making the crew's day much ... (more)

Loaded coal train 758 works upgrade at Farm, passing the historic Norfolk & Western coaling tower just to the west of Welch.