After New Years, the Blue Ridge Scenic shuts down and the power is brought to Tate for servicing. The surplus power was also put to use in freight service, including the Tate-Elizabeth road freig... (more)

Corbin, KY to Tyrone, GA system solar powered GPS ballast hoppers snake through what was formerly Elizabeth, GA.

A Cincy-Atlanta freight passes the former Western & Atlantic Passenger Station, now the Marietta Welcome Center.

Macon to Linwood freight 118 descends the short 1% grade to Peachtree Creek. In the background is hipsterific "White Provision Company" an old warehouse that was previously a U-Haul tem... (more)

G99, pinch hitting for G04 on the weekends, passes one of the few remaining Central of Georgia signals. C.P. Lee is odd, as it's an absolute hold out signal only for northbounds, but no signal ex... (more)

A MOW train of camp cars crosses over on its way from Inman Yard to Industry Yard, passing CSX A74519 tied down at 10th Street.

A train of support vehicles, Oshkosh® Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), is en-route from the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot, Avon, KY on RJ Corman to the Port of Charleston, SC.

A Georgia Northeastern northbound freight passes the City of Holly Springs Community Center, located in the beautifully restored depot. The paint has changed, but both the lead motor and depot ar... (more)

A de-turboed ex-SP/SSW GP40-2 leads a special of extruded aluminum bound for Tacoma, WA for use in airplane fuselages. Universal Alloy Corporation in Canton, GA has videos on their website, inclu... (more)

With airplane parts from Universal Alloys Corporation, this GNRR special train's traffic is perhaps unique among shortlines.

Built a GP38AC, L&N 4049 retains its as built nose headlight. It's highly likely that Columbia & Cowlitz 3810 ran over this same trackage sometime between it's 1971 birth and the 1987 line sale t... (more)

Luckily for me, the rear of 172-18 has just cleared as 173-19 throttles up for the short but steep 1.00% climb out of Peachtree Creek. Anecdotally, the Conrail SD50's seemed to lead a lot of trai... (more)

Looking pretty shabby with 20 year old paint, the leader would be one of the relatively few C40-8s repainted into the YN3 scheme prior to lease return.

A Jacksonville to Atlanta executive train kicks up some dust doing the posted 25mph. On a normal day, the NS track it is crossing hosts the only passenger trains through town.

As evidenced by the wreath on the store, it's Christmas Eve and little could keep me out after the clouds rolled in. However a high hood GP38, B32-8 & SD40-2 on a Linwood-Macon road freight tippe... (more)