A Variant of a Variant

GE’s original B30-7 had a 16-cylinder 3000 horsepower FDL prime mover. After manufacturing 199 of the B30-7’s, GE switched to a 12-cylinder 3000 HP, laun... (more)

A southbound Southern Railway manifest works past the small yard in Lynchburg, Virginia on a hazy July day.

A southbound Southern Railway Manifest rolls across the trestle over the Big Otter River north of Lynch Station, Virginia.

Four Southern GP38-2’s wheel a northbound freight past the James H Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center complex in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Former Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2716 looks just fine as it wheels a southbound excursion over the Rapidan River at Rapidan, Virginia. Unfortunately, this is one of its last runs before a cracked ... (more)

The only 2-8-4 ever to appear on the Southern Railway’s roster, former C&O 2716, approaches the U.S. 15 underpass near Culpeper, Virginia with a 16 car excursion.

Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2716, currently being restored to operable status at the Kentucky Railway Museum, has been targeted for excursion service three times previously. In 1979, the Clinchfield... (more)

SOU #4501 & #3170 bring a Norfolk Southern excursion train past the N&W era CPL's at Schuleen near Marion,VA.

Southern coal train “south” with three SD-35s crosses Hwy. 23 at Moccasin Gap, Va. on July 16, 1966.

Southern 6114 “south” emerges from Natural Tunnel (Va.) on Nov. 23, 1966.

Southern 4501 crosses the trestle over the South Fork of Powell River in East Stone Gap, Va. on the return portion of its circle excursion from Kingsport to St. Paul via the ex-CRR, St. Paul to No... (more)

"Bending the iron" at Monroe, when there was a yard there

The "Birmingham Special" is braking for its stop at Monroe

Southern Railway No. 154 is seen heading up a photo train on June 17, 2017. The locomotive featured a special Asheville paint scheme for the charter, which was organized by myself under Southern R... (more)

Southbound manifest meets the northbound "Birmingham Special", as both change crews at this division point.