Southern Pacific #8845 in a former life (now WAMX #4201) leads the westbound T-31 Canton turn across the high bridge just east of Canton, NC on a beautiful first day of Fall.

The newest edition to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad fleet (its version of a Support Our Troops paint scheme) leads the westbound NOC turn near Bryson City. The 1009 looks very, very similar ... (more)

San Luis & Rio Grande power leads a train of storage tankcars being kept on the former Piedmont & Northern outside of Charlotte, NC on this beautiful January day. This power came to P&N once Iowa... (more)

Conway Scenic #255 shoves on the rear of the 470 club excursion at Frankenstein trestle along the former Maine Central mountain division.

A rare treat on the W-Line is this set of four WAMX units working southbound on a Saturday daylight run. For some reason, the local power from Canton is being used to run cars to Arden (usually r... (more)

NS P-87 emerges from the fog at Ridgecrest with its usual load of empty chip cars for Bristol packaging in Bridgewater, NC.

Southern 630 blasts through downtown Marshall in route to Asheville during the recent November excursion. The S-Line follows the French Broad River for most of its journey to Asheville, as it doe... (more)

With its 15 mile journey complete, T31 arrives in Canton on this beautiful November afternoon.

NPBL's Heritage Unit rests during the overnight hours near the NPBL office in Chesapeake, VA.

Former UP SD90MAC's are starting to fan out across the NS system. Here, an empty Belmont coal train climbs the famous Southern Railway loops in Western North Carolina.

Fellow RP.net contributor Josh Byers is at the controls of train 172 as it passes the station in Spartanburg, SC on the early morning hours of October 15th, 2014. A rare western visitor leads 172... (more)

750 breaks the silence in Old Fort during a major east coast rainstorm on this cool November night.

K447 (Charlotte, NC Ethanol) crosses the Russell Fork into Elkhorn City, KY on a beautiful December afternoon along the former Clinchfield mainline.

A beautiful afternoon sees Blue Ridge Southern train T-31 departing Asheville as it passes through the River Arts District heading back to Canton.

The classic ACL Signal bridge at Lane, SC has stood for decades as hundreds of thousands of trains have passed under it's classic target signals. It's Safetran replacement awaits activation on Ma... (more)