Great Smoky Mountains Railroad's recently restored consolidation No. 1702 races west for the Nantahala Outdoor Center with a 16 car train in tow, along with the assistance of a GP30 and GP9. Here,... (more)

A rebuilt SD60E, fresh from the Juniata shops, ducks under the starkly contrasting ancient signal bridge at Walters. The former CNW SD60 was just days out of the shop at the time of this photo.

The sound of the 104 year old steam engine echoes throughout the valley as the '01 leads the Radford Rambler through the beautiful countryside east of Rural Retreat.

A pair of aging KCS AC4400CW's head 221 on a chilly February morning as the train glides through downtown Flowery Branch, Georgia. Engineer Tim is at the controls today and slows the train for the... (more)

A lone C420 running long hood forward lugs a cut of cars across the vertical-lift through truss bridge spanning the Arkansas River on its way to the Fort Smith interchange yard.

NS 222, sporting the Virginian heritage unit on the point, crawls through the new turnout at the Yonah control point just after sunset on a beautiful spring evening. One of Jaemor Farm's peach orc... (more)

The stout Southern Railway consolidation puts on a steam show on the crisp spring morning after a service stop in Trenton during the first mainline run of 2013.

A 10 minute exposure creates a beautiful star trail effect at the scenic Copper Creek trestles. The upper is CSX's former Clinchfield trackage, while the lower trestle is NS's Appalachia District.... (more)

Two years and five days removed from my first encounter with the Summerville Steam trip, a different Southern Railway locomotive leads the autumn leaf trip past the fan favorite location in the to... (more)

Southern Railway mikado No. 4501 tackles the Missionary Ridge grade out of Rossville as the Summerville Steam Special treks south. The foliage surrounding Chattanooga is at peak for the yea... (more)

An Inman yard job sits at the east end of the yard with a string of HUB Group and EMP containers. A couple of SD40-2's, of Conrail and Burlington Northern heritage, power the yard job. And althoug... (more)

Southern Railway #4501 rolls through a spacious field south of Rock Spring along Highway 27.

Bound for the Fieldale Farms mill in Baldwin, unit grain train 40A passes the Pilgrim's Pride processing plant at Midland with the Monongahela heritage unit in the lead. Fieldale and Pilgrim's are... (more)

Having just been dropped unloaded from the Pullman "Dover Harbor" on the rear, a couple walks towards the Gainesville depot, built in 1910, as the Crescent awaits to depart for po... (more)

One of the seven active SD90MACs (as of this posting) acquired from CitiGroup, former A&O and now NS No. 7335 leads 154 through northeast Georgia countryside lush with growth from all the recent r... (more)