With the deafening roar of two SD50s in notch 8, the Port Clinton Fast Freight puts on a show running northbound at the Tamaqua Tunnel. A few inches of snow blanketed the Appalachians earlier in t... (more)

NS 211 passes the statue of Trigger and the founders of the famous Bona Allen Saddlery in Buford, GA with the Central of Georgia heritage GEVO leading the way. The weather is by no means perfect, ... (more)

The engineer of NS 912 opens the throttle up and lets his two EMD 645-powered horses sing as he performs a "shave and a haircut" on the horn. It's not often that a high hood GP38-2 makes it here o... (more)

Having made quick work of the eastbound portion of her first mainline trip in 21 years, Southern 4501 turns on the Bradley Wye in Cleveland, TN for the run back west. The trainmaster asked if they... (more)

GSMR 1702 is pushed across the Tuckasegee River outside of Bryson City, NC with the 2pm Nantahala Gorge excursion train in tow.

Loaded coal train 744 has just met westbound P87 and is underway at the east end of Old Fort. The Appalachian coal is at the bottom of the descent of the Appalachians down the famous Southern Loop... (more)

On a chilly and frosty November morning, special circumstances allowed me to find much-welcomed warmth in the cab of "The 01." Not long after this moment, the Saturday doubleheader began... (more)

In late evening light, the Virginian heritage engine leads manifest train 145 through Shinrock, OH on the former Nickel Plate Road mainline. The train will change crews at Bellevue, OH before cont... (more)

A storm has just dumped a huge quantity of rain on all of Atlanta. As the end of the front cleared out, it left a beautiful sunset sky above two SD40-2/slug hump sets.

CSX's 27th EPA Tier 4-compliant GEVO, classified by the company as an ET44AH, sits unassigned in the three-track "yard" on CSX's Gainesville Midland Subdivision in the line's namesake to... (more)

With fall colors popping on the northern part of the system, the NRFF is seen grinding upgrade at Neely's Cut just north of White Haven. This cut where the LV crossed over top of the CNJ is the ru... (more)

On a crisp fall morning, Reading and Northern 425 awakes the little town of Port Clinton as it brings its train in for station stop on the way to Jim Thorpe. The 1928 Baldwin Pacific is seen passi... (more)

J53 shoves hard on the rear of train 758, which is battling gravity up the Elkhorn Grade in Farm, WV.

After picking up a new EMS crew at the Danville Amtrak station, N&W 611 barks up the district's ruling grade at Bentley, which still sports its two Southern Railway signal bridges.

Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Railway GP38 No. 80, built in February of 1968 and freshly restored, rests at the front of TVRM's property, ready to be shown off to Railfest visitors first thing the n... (more)