Originating in Ohio, I141 has now made its way far south to the town of Roanoke with 72 cars and plenty of power from the two GE engines in command. The containers in transport are being delivere... (more)

Splitting between the columns of an old wooden bridge, a BNSF "Credit User" locomotive commands the southbound autorack train S237 through Roanoke with authority. A total of two BNSF en... (more)

A downpour gives two CSX engines a bath as they tread through Roanoke with a long train of mixed freight. The lead engine here, was lowered from 4400 to 4000 horsepower.

The arrival of PTC across the Lineville Subdivision, is slowly making its presence known by the new signals that have been installed to replace the older ones. Intermodal containers speed north o... (more)

A beautiful morning sets the scene for CSX train Q125-20, as it arrives into Roanoke. Its duo of CSX motive power, almost effortlessly pull a short consist of containers (4,565 feet) pass the sma... (more)

The most popular locomotive EMD has ever produced, the SD40-2, leads a northbound mixed freight train through the signals at Standing Rock. This particular one is in CSX's blue and gold paint sch... (more)

A northbound is around 10 miles out, while a rail train is working between Roanoke and Broughton. Moving South, W061 switches off the main into Roanoke's siding on a restricted signal. The engine... (more)

Finally the rain stops and I'm able to take some night shots... CSX train W081-01 sits and illuminates the southend "Darth Vader" color light signals, as CSX train Q102-01 slowly takes ... (more)

A train full of MOW Equipment rolls through downtown Newnan on a cold night. The mainline and siding is illuminated as the 1,900 foot train rushes north.

Beginning its journey from the West Coast in Los Angeles, CA, this stack intermodal train has made it far away from home to the East Coast and on the foreign rails of CSX... Three BNSF GE locomot... (more)

An old/new rebuilt SD40-2 which now is a SD40-3, splits the old and new signals at Dickert with 5,893 feet of train. These very recognizable "square cabs," make the rebuilt units easy t... (more)

As the day winds down, CSX Tilford Yard still seems to be busy. The Tilford Diesel Shop has a mixture of power in it, with only one engine in YN3b paint. CSX No. 160 sits facing the sun with two ... (more)

Four BNSF locomotives, make light work of a bare-table train as they speed north blowing pass a newly installed signal. The next signal the crew will encounter will be at the southend of Blake, w... (more)

Under a threatening sky, after continuously idling for hours, BNSF No. 6103 still waits for a crew to take its train north, after unloading coal at James H. Miller Electric Generating Plant. A lo... (more)

A pair of BNSF Heritage II locomotives power 101 loaded container cars over the mainline, bound for the Intermodal Facility in Fairburn, GA. The air above the engines blur from the hot exhaust a... (more)