In the 1970s L&N stopped outlining the yellow letters and numerals on their diesels in black, while also going to a paler shade of yellow. That resulted in the markings almost disappearing into t... (more)

Southern's small group of former Central of Georgia SD9s (and a single SD7) tended to be found in either yard or transfer duty in Atlanta and Birmingham. That is not what is happening here, thoug... (more)

School kids line up to tour GP15-1 1563, which is powering the HERBIE safety special.

Headed back to West End after delivering a cut to SCL/L&N.

Big power leads a freight out of the south end of the siding on the former L&N at Elmore.

A through train behind 7825 waits for a crew as another crew in ex-C&O 5551 - teamed with another B30-7 and an MP15 - assemble another train,. perhaps for Selma, or the big mill in Prattville on e... (more)

CSX freight passes behind the largest textile mill in Opelika. A major source of jobs and city revenue for decades, it doesn't have much of a future, even in 1987. I do not think anything remain... (more)

A MW crew unloads ties along the former WofA from a train led by a former B&O GP40-2.

The Georgia Railroad's Macon Branch, which split off from the Atlanta-Augusta mainline at Camak, had been losing traffic for years, at least until Georgia Power's Plant Harlee Branch came online i... (more)

Doing the job I always heard they were purchased for, high-horsepower GEBBs have train 145 rolling faster than traffic on parallel AL14.

Crew members grabbed Cokes from the machine in the depot before starting their work on the Western Railway of Alabama interchange. This scene is so reduced, simplified and sterilized in 2021 that... (more)

A former Missouri Pacific GP38-2 switches the former Cotton Belt yard in Jonesboro. That nice old wooden SSW depot is about to be razed, replaced by a metal 'improvement'.

In a few weeks - or maybe even days - that 475 will be replaced by a new BN number. Too soon after that, green and black will cover the Mandarin red and white.

The Lafayette turn has just left the former CofG branch and is running on rights toward Opelika via CSX. Won't be long until NS spins this line off and it becomes the Pine Belt Southern.

On one of many former CofG secondary mains in South Georgia, this Southern train is headed for Columbus.