Surprisingly modern facility.

Stuffed and mounted but still looking good. I remember hearing the burble and watching the lazy drift of smoke from the stacks of the old Baldwins. I'm wondering if C&G had good enough track to ... (more)

Nothing on the slide. From my collection. Cumberland, MD maybe?

NB freight chugs out of the yard crossing over the lead to the CV main heading to the main line.

What is the Sandersville all about?. Kaolin, plain and simple. Here with a huge string of the stuff a train heads back to town. If you want to watch switching done as it should be, check out th... (more)

In one of the few times I ever saw this engine runnng with a clear stack the train is westbound on a beautiful spring day with a great great excursion. These is such a fine class of locomotives a... (more)

I heard complaints from crews about that winterized window. A bit out of place down south.

Nee PRR, ex-PC unit looks somewhat nautical sitting inconguously sitting in a patch of goldenrods.

The stealth paint scheme was like a horrible wreck. somehow you just couldn't look away.

The returning motive power from the southbound train is pulling up the short incline beside the engine house to spend the night. That ICG-inspired warning light grafted onto the ex-SP F is a true... (more)

Or DOD 1401. I am not sure what the real nomenclature on this unit was but it and 001 were the queens of the fleet, immaculately maintained and specially painted. This old SP horse got lucky in ... (more)

A special oil train with dignitaries, dubbed the "Mapco Express" pauses at Healy. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Poignant for me is the sad state of the former N&W passenger geep pictured here. Note the longitudinal air tanks, feature usually reserved for the later GP18. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my col... (more)

Winding downgrade a westbound freight passes my great old '76 Datsun B210 "the mustard jar". No air conditioning for me in those days.