The "other" 844 leads their train & empty speeders back to the depot after the second run of the day.

The crew of Conrail local WJAL-18 has dropped its train at Dover, New Jersey, and is passing a parked NJT train heading to the former DL&W station. After they exchange paperwork with the operator,... (more)

A trio of GP30s and an AS-16m lead eastbound train 472 into Pulaski on a snowy and probably cold March day in 1976. The East Minneapolis to Green Bay train is still running on the old Merrillan-G... (more)

Moon on the Horizon. With the setting moon in the background, the AIKR's GP30 works to arrange the train so it can take the single car destined for AGY and then return to take the remainin... (more)

Returning to the Yard. After running engine lite to the NS interchange in Warrenville, the AIKR 4201 returns to Aiken with a load of cars destined for AGY and two kaolin facilities near to... (more)

Colorful Run. Running through some fall colors still hanging around, the AIKR local heads east toward the AGY facility on the Southern's old SA line, which it has leased from NS since 2012... (more)

Setting Moon over the Crossing. After delivering a single car to the AGY facility near Aiken, one of the AIKR's two GP30s crosses Charleston Highway to return to the SA line and then head ... (more)

By the Depot. The AIKR local returns to town from working Active Minerals and Grace, both located on what is left of the Southern's old AB Line that ran between Edgefield and Aiken. The tr... (more)

The Nevada Southern State Railroad Museum offers a fun and unique experience to rail bike a 4 mile section of their line. An added bonus is a sunset cruise and ride back to the depot on their pass... (more)

Who Took the Cat?

There have been many different versions of patch jobs over the years, done with the intent to eradicate the identity of a former owner while providing confirmatio... (more)

A CSX local rolls past the former Chesapeake & Ohio depot at Lee Hall, Virginia. On the extreme right Is a piece of southern Americana that was rapidly disappearing at that time – a mom and-pop ... (more)

One of my favorite EMD models in one of my least-favorite paint schemes passes under a classic C&O cantilever signal at Lee Hall, Virginia.

On August 23, 2021, weathered black and Aspen gold stripes on Rio Grande EMD GP30 No. 3011 wait for the day the locomotive is cosmetically restored and new paint is applied by the crew at the Colo... (more)

SOO GP30 700 leads a pumpkin train West through downtown Duluth.

Fall Colors have been hard to come by in the Ohio Valley this year, but you can find some if you look hard enough. Here, CRC GP30 No. 902, recently restored to her factory Nickel Plate Road dress,... (more)