The engineer enjoys some down time while waiting for the eastbound to show up.
KC69 has a nice set of grey power on this Sunday morning at the Old Union Depot interlocking.
The bare, rolling hills of southeast Colorado are punctuated by the autumn colors of the aspen trees and the Southwest Chief. From this vantage point, the train was the only thing seen and heard f... (more)
A Casey-led 187 rumbles through the Opelika interlocker on the way to Birmingham. Also, this is one of 10 NS SD70M's in this body style; a good catch indeed!
A rare sight where a former NW C39-8 makes an appearance on the Central of Georgia P-line headed to Birmingham, AL at the P327. Less than 2% of NS 8000+ locomotives are C39-8's.
Two BNSF locos rest on the wye at Fairburn, where CSX has a large intermodal terminal.
Beginning the final leg of my trip home, I began on the east end of the Abbeville sub where Q663 passes through town, lighting up the idle SD40-2 and the aging depot under a big sky.
NS 54A descends a small grade into the city of Locust Grove on a fine fall day in Georgia.
CC1 blasts by after we cleared up at the crossing for them near Eastview.
The "Jenks Traveler" makes its way down the grade through the industrial park at Oakhurst. Look at the dip on the 2nd car!
A KCT job comes past Adams Interlocking.
Eastbound JB Hunt containers pause briefly at Argentine for a crew change.
A southbound off of the old SAL comes through East Wye in the distance and knocks down the signal at Huff Road, while a trespasser occupies the other main. Note the interesting arrangement of sear... (more)
NS 251, the Triple Crown train, winds through the multiple reverse curves near McPherson.
BNSF 3193, formerly an ATSF GP50 now a GP25, brings a cut of autoracks back from the automobile facility at Voltz.