Exiting the tunnel through Walden Ridge, Franklin Minerals' Rockwood Turn is about to start heading down a steep grade as the tracks wind down off the Cumberland Plateau and into the town of Rockw... (more)

Franklin Industrial Minerals' Rockwood Turn passes through the rural community of Daysville as it heads east with loads of rock and calcium carbonate. Franklin Minerals owns and operates the segme... (more)

Running as light engines (3348 and 1645), A85 heads west through downtown Madison on its way back to Decatur after working the International Intermodal Center interchange. I nervously watched shad... (more)

A standard cab SD70 passes FEC milepost 0 as it leads 285 onto the Saint Johns River bridge in downtown Jacksonville, headed to FEC's Bowden Yard for interchange.

Just south of FEC's Bowden Yard, 101 prepares to take the siding at Bayard for a meet with 210.

FEC train 101 races through the community of Favoretta on its way south. While the north end of the FEC doesn't feature the dramatic bridges found further south, there are many tranquil scenes to ... (more)

A colorful consist leads FEC train 101 through the curve at Bunnell.

A southbound coal train is negotiating the junction at Folkston, where the Nahunta and Jesup Subdivisions converge for the run to Jacksonville, FL, along the high-density "Folkston Funnel." The Je... (more)

A pair of new CSX GEVOs leads a southbound coal train down the former L&N mainline. While I'm no fan of what CSX has done to their logo, I definitely won't scoff at the opportunity to shoot power ... (more)

Led by an Omnitrax GP38-2 (ex-Illinois Terminal/N&W) and two ex-CN wide cab GP40-2s, ATN's Guntersville Turn trundles into town.

former Birmingham Southern 93, built 1960

Powder River coal loads bound for Georgia Power's Plant Scherer make time through the Paint Rock Valley in northeast Alabama. I believe the foundation in the foreground is that of the depot which ... (more)

The Crescent highballs through Heflin on 'Black Friday.'

After running private excursions to and around Knoxville for the Lexington Group, the 630 returns to Chattanooga with a public excursion, the first such long-distance public passenger trip operate... (more)

After running private excursions to and around Knoxville for the Lexington Group, Southern 630 returns to Chattanooga with a public excursion, the first such long-distance public passenger trip op... (more)