One of L&N's earliest GP30s has a new paint job. This simplified scheme was one of several variations on L&N gray. It wasn't quite stealth, but with the gray nose (in place of yellow) and yellow... (more)

It's incredible the power that can be found out on the main line with locals. GP30 2205 GN heritage, GP38-2's 2278, 2282, Both Frisco, and a GP9 1716 of NP heritage (Tom Ellis photo)

Two ex-GM&O GP30s and an ex-IC GP9 clash a little less than some of the color combinations possible in the early days after the ICG merger. They are teamed up on train 30, and headed for Tuscaloo... (more)

A-OK still connects with KCS at Howe, but their former CRI&P line used to be part of a through route between southeastern connections at Memphis and the SP at Tucumcari.

ATSF GP30 sits at the station, with UP's station in the distance. UP's station was a union station, serving UP (Kansas Pacific), ATSF, MP and CRI&P.

We're standing on the old PRR grade above Port Clinton for a view of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society's GP30/C630-powered railfan weekend special returning from Tamaqua. The loc... (more)

It is a quiet evening in Aiken, South Carolina, as AIKR 4201 is tied down for the night next to the company yard office. As the blue hour comes to a close, a distant thunderstorm continue to buil... (more)

Ex-Seaboard System (originally delivered in May 1963 as L&N 1030) waits for the next workday at Hurtsboro. Before coming to Pine Belt, 3059 worked for Abernathy's Columbia and Silver Creek in Mis... (more)

The blue hour is almost over as Aiken 4201 sits next to the company yard office in Aiken, South Carolina, as thunderstorms build to the west over Augusta, Georgia.

Conrail train APB-1 has dropped its cars in the yard in Portland, Pennsylvania, and is now working its way out of the east end of the yard. The stacks in the right background are part of Metropoli... (more)

The Pizza train returns south after an excursion to Palmers, with the classy Soo Line 700 in charge of the train. On the left is the beginning/end of I-35, on the right is the legendary Lake Super... (more)

Aiken Railway 4202 is shut down for the night in their small yard in Aiken, South Carolina.

Southern' ex-CofG Birmingham-Columbus, GA main was loaded up with GP38s and GP38-2s in the early 1970s when I first started hanging around the tracks. Other models showed up regularly, but the bo... (more)

GP30s lead a westbound around the big curve at First Avenue. Think the MofW guys missed those little trailers when the companies started putting them up in hotels/motels?

Time is running out for Southern's branch connecting Columbus and Griffin, as a GP30 and maybe a dozen cars roll into Concord. That tree trimmer's yellow rig is doing a good job of pretending to ... (more)