Fieldale grain train power sits tied down on one of the two Fieldale Farms leads beside Apple Pie Ridge Road. The two red units have brought even more color to the already gorgeous fall foliage in... (more)

Having passed through Salisbury, NC just five hours earlier, empty Atlanta-bound rail train 912 ducks under the Southern Railway cantilever signal at Cornelia and passes the ex-N&W caboose and Sou... (more)

The Autumn Leaf Excursion exits Jarrett's Tunnel westbound on the Southern Loops, bound for Asheville, NC. The three P42s are getting a decent workout lugging their 27-car train up the 2.2% snakin... (more)

In the final miles of its trip to Attalla, Alabama, Southern 630 has just knocked down South Crudup, MP 81.6 on the AGS North. The fireman is atop the tender cutting coal and watching the tracks a... (more)

Hopper train E511-03 holds at Thurmond to meet a work train after checking out a defect on their 150th car. The detector east of Thurmond caught them, so knowing the territory, I highballed to a C... (more)

Under perfectly clear skies, a matched trio of Union Pacific C44-9Ws leads intermodal train 234 through CP Sprigg on the Williamson District. We saw the train while rolling east near Williamson Ya... (more)

On Halloween Day 2013, local train P48 returns to its terminal in Gainesville with eight cars bound for Chattanooga and points beyond. A big EMD leads the freight, seen popping out of the trees th... (more)

A four-hour late 221 flies through Oakwood at 60mph, attempting to make up all the time it can to Atlanta. As seen, Oakwood's Nativity is up, as well are many other Christmas decorations.

Southern Railway's most famous Mikado pulls onto the 100-foot turntable in Summerville, GA that was put into service in 2002.

The eastbound Pennsylvanian flies upgrade at Lilly, ducking under the historic Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge that saw many Broadway Limiteds in its heyday.

After placing the railroad's brand new car on the end of Train 100, Stone Mountain GP7 5896 idles on the Runaround Track beside former Southern FP7 6143.

NS coal drag 742 thunders eastward at Falls Mills, VA on its way to Bluefield. From there, crews will take this train to one of the several Duke Power plants scattered throughout the southeast.

Gainesville-Toccoa turn P91 hurries north into Lula, GA behind an SD60 and two SD40-2s. The northeast Georgia trees have reached their fall peak, making the drive for this chase quite the pleasant... (more)

After meeting trackage rights train NS 334, CSX K621 gets a signal from the soon to fall L&N searchlight onto the single track at James. Once the rear end clears the next curve to the south/west (... (more)

Forest Park, GA-bound autorack/local train GE44 has just entered the former Central of Georgia mainline to Macon, GA at CP Spring in downtown Atlanta. Three veteran Southern locomotives as well as... (more)