A promotional shoot in Webb, MS, we have new units under fresh paint The Rock Blue.

After the unveiling of Rock Island Rail's new GP38-2, number 4373, it and 4310 begin a photo charter run south to Swan Lake.

Rock Island Rail GP38-2's 4373 and 4310 leads a cut of covered hoppers across Petty's Chapel Road in Sumner, Mississippi, shortly after a typical afternoon downpour in the humid Delta region.

After running light power over to an old cotton gin, 4310 and 4373 picked up a few grain cars and took them over to Webb for a photo op. The depot may be old, run down and abandoned, but that sig... (more)

As the CSX Sibert and the Terminal Railway (TRR) yards continue the afternoon work, the ALE to T.R.R. interchange job does some switching with a pair of ALE’s ex-HLCX GP38-2s.

The INRD Bloomington turn finally reaches its destination as it s curves into town. Seeing GP38-2's leading a cut of coal cars was pretty neat.

INRD 3808 and 3802 are both in notch 8 battling a hill outside of Solsberry, Indiana. The coal cars are bound for storage but made it a fun chase for "a coal train" north of Bear Run.

The Indiana Railroad's Bloomington turn runs east through a rock cut as they enter the small town of Solsberry, Indiana.

Coal rides on Tulip Trestle again! The INRD Jasonville to Bloomington turn was tasked with bringing up 46 empty coal hoppers to Bloomington for storage. With two GP38-2's for power, they rumble ac... (more)

NS local out of Federal Yard DF25 is seen working the Ardent Mills complex in Alton Illinois with a classy looking ex Southern high hood GP38-2 doing the honors. The Mississippi River Bluffs provi... (more)