Helpers on the head end will stay with the train into Missoula today.

Working at the south end of the yard with ex-CSXT 704 in the lead. Rather shrill sounding chimes on this one.

One of the many sideshows at the "NS Family Portrait" event of 2012 was seeing two original Norfolk Southern paint schemes side by side.

A surviving SBD item of L&N heritage. It has recently moved to the collection in Oak Ridge, TN which also is home to an ex-L&N GP30 in SBD paint.

With CSXT's "Heritage" program in full swing, it is pretty easy to find at least one of these locomotives near Jacksonville every day. On this particular day, 1982 is leaving the locomo... (more)

Speaking of B&O heritage....while this is technically ex-B&LE, it wears the paint well. Many B&LE F's hold pride of place on lines around the country.

Clearly there are more dynamic shots of #1827 on the web, but here in Florida...we take what we can get. Today, the famous unit led the "Tropicana Local" from Tampa to Bradenton and it w... (more)

The "Tropicana Local" has been down in Bradenton Yard for hours and is now heading north across the Manatee River.

A surprise bonus on this excursion, themed as a week of "F's & Flares", came in the form of SDP40 #325....which has now been repainted to match this train set.

Back when the 11th Sub was more than just a storage line.

A Lerro Charter is the way to go to see unique scenes. Here, #1309 was temporarily the most famous "C&O" locomotive out there, dressed for these photo charters. A particularly brillian... (more)

For a few months, the Bone Valley was once again host to unique EMD-type power and the 8900 series once again lived on CSXT, flares and all. In mid-2019, these units were assigned to the various ... (more)

Part of the museum's collection. CSXT now has several modern locomotives that can visit and fit right in.

Fog rolled in along with the CSX OCS headed down to Fort Meade, part of an all-day inspection of the Bone Valley from one end to the other.

Late running 441 is capping off a weekend that also saw several other unique CSXT paint schemes in Central Florida. This train left Waycross the day before around 1530 then sat at Baldwin overnigh... (more)