Black diamonds roll out of the Powder River Basin with UP power on a beautiful day in Wyoming. During my trip out to the PRB, the sight of loaded coal trains never got old and I saw many during m... (more)

A downpour gives some CSX GEs a bath, while they're hard at work pulling a manifest train south from ( Birmingham, AL to Waycross, GA).

After a day of unloading crossties, a couple of EMDs cool off in the Roanoke siding on a cold night. Tomorrow will be another day with the same duties until all the ties have been removed.

A fast running Q101, rolls south through Broughton with a Tier 3 compliant GE leading the way. Somehow one of the first stack container doors came open, good it is empty.

Running parallel to the street, NS No. 8835 with a Union Pacific unit, makes its presence known by the loud pitch of the air horn as it enters the city of Austell with a consist of autoracks.

The new CSX Boxcar Logo on CSXT No. 3107, comes nose to nose with the older logo on CSXT No. 9004 while heading south on an early morning in Roanoke.

On the West lead at the Honda Road & Rail Vehicle Hub in Talladega, AL, two sets of loaded autoracks (to the left) wait to be transported to their destinations. Meanwhile, an Ex-Burlington Northe... (more)

Todays daily operated train CSX Q238, has a rather wet excursion to Talladega, AL. The dense fog is beginning to dissipate as Tier 4 power brings autoracks north through Roanoke. Packing some hig... (more)

Rolling east through Irondale, Amtrak's Crescent 20 is well behind schedule. The sleek passenger train cuts through big rain drops, while sweeping around NS Norris Yard.

The southbound Amtrak Crescent splits the signals at 24th Street preparing to make a stop at the Birmingham Station.

Today the daily operation of Q513 (Avon, IN - Waycross, GA) is running as S513-30 with 144 cars and two Union Pacific locomotives providing the power. Now rolling south over the rails into Standi... (more)

Snow in Roanoke?... Yes, it's true!... That fluffy white stuff is a rare sight in this part of the country, sometimes taking years before dropping by again. Normally several inches are out of the... (more)

CSX No.2490 an Ex Conrail rebuilt unit, sits in the siding between the north and southend of Roanoke waiting for its call of duty to lay rail. Although not in the new CSX boxcar logo scheme, this ... (more)

Several years have passed and CSX engine #4812 still roams the rails with an X missing from its nose logo. Although in need of cosmetic work, it doesn't keep this MAC from executing the job it wa... (more)

Just minutes earlier after waiting for CSX intermodal train L186, the crew of BNSF engine #7633 gets a medium clear from the siding to the main at the southend of Broughton. Now gaining speed, th... (more)