Fog still lingers as Montreal-Millinocket MM&A train # 2 accelerates across the Richelieu River at sunrise

Bound for Farnham, a trio of old warriors crosses the Richelieu River on a splendid summer morning

A pair of clean C30-7's lead eastbound Q216 off of the Youghiogheny River Bridge in McKeesport. This is one of those unique locations with a switch in the middle of a bridge. The line diverging ... (more)

With a new crew on board, this empty has all 3 C30's pounding their way out of Clay Switch on the west end of the Passenger Main in Galesburg. This crew has 234 miles trip to Creston, IA, for the ... (more)

Above the radiator of L&N 7008, the train order board has been set at its "45" angle for westbound trains. The brakeman on L&N 7008 has just snagged the set of train orders for the engineer while... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line C30-7 #7026, U36C #2131 & C30-7 #7091 lead SCL train #333's Extra around the "New Way" to the junction of the Lineville and Manchester Subdivisions just north of the Manchester... (more)

C30-7 #7040, leading a GP16, another C30-7 and an SD45, pull Birmingham, AL to Waycross, GA train #307 up to the yard office for a crew change. The dimensional loads on the head-end reqiured the ... (more)

Before the standardization of the piggyback business, it was routine to see loaded piggyback flats in regular manifest freights, such as Hamlet, NC to New Orleans, LA run-thru #215

This Port of Mobile bound coal train arrived in Atlanta with two C30-7's and an SD40-2 for power. The Atlanta & West Point added one of their GP7's for additional power over their line between th... (more)

The Port of Mobile received coal trains on a regular basis that had been handled on the Atlanta & West Point/Western Railway of Alabama between L&N terminals in Atlanta, GA and Montgomery, AL

ALL L66 approaching 'Mayrink Yard Limit'.

The speed restriction on the curve, combined with the grade, results in the use of very high throttle positions for trains southbound at this location. There will be a stop in 400 feet for a crew... (more)

Westbound Q381 rolls thru Confluence on the west slope of Sand Patch Grade.

MM&A train # 2 is dwarfed by the massive St Lawrence Bridge as it leaves the Island of Montreal early this morning.