Southern Snow: Linwood, NC bound 118 races past the Southern bay window caboose on display at the Lula depot on a snowy February morning. Back in September, the city council approved fundin... (more)

Charlotte to Atlanta intermodal 221 eases through a snow covered downtown Lula as they approach a track crew at the new CP Lula. The former Conrail SD60I on the point is likely used to the snow, a... (more)

Right at Home: Norfolk Southern's Southern Railway heritage ES44AC races through the control point at Midland in the lead of Linwood, NC - Chattanooga, TN freight 348. This Crescent inspire... (more)

Running 7 hours late due to Winter Storm Octavia, the southbound Amtrak Crescent quickly gets back underway after stopping for a malfunctioning crossing in downtown Oakwood. Along with the ... (more)

A unit asphalt train originating in south Texas emerges from the thick woods and back into civilization as they begin to parallel Highway 11 west of Sulphur Springs. The shortline Blacklands Railr... (more)

The former Southern Railway 5033R sits on the Gainesville Midland lead on a chilly Valentine's Day eve. In the background, the lights from the signals at CP Midland illuminate for one of their fin... (more)

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)

Atlanta-bound intermodal 213 darts across the famed Wells Viaduct while a soaking rain drenches the surrounding fog ladden hills. Sporting a colorful consist on this late winter day, a Warbonnet S... (more)

A rare locomotive outside the state of Pennsylvania, one of the 17 ex-Conrail SD80MACs rumbles through downtown Flowery Branch on a pleasant February morning in the lead of hotshot intermodal 212.

New Orleans, LA to Linwood, NC train 172 thunders up the grade at Midland on a cool winter afternoon. The ancient cantilever in the background is on borrowed time and is set to be replaced in less... (more)

A Green Light to Innovation: Just as progress nearly half a century ago altered signalling along the old Washington to Atlanta mainline, progress again strikes as PTC signal upgrades co... (more)

Get 'em while you can: Chamblee to Buford, GA local P68 races back south after working the Cemex plant north of CP Walters. All of the nearly 250 high short hood GP38-2s, like the one seen ... (more)

An empty flatcar train with ES44AC #917 on the point races by an antique crossbuck from the long gone Atlanta & West Point days near Union City.

Empty grain train 51Q's three GE locomotives prepare to couple to the 75 outbound hoppers from the Mar-Jac feed mill to begin their trip back to the mainline and on to Gainesville where the train ... (more)

Just after 4:00 AM, rail train 913 and its lone locomotive sits tied down on track 2 between the Chicopee and Midland on a chilly winter morning. This former Southern Railway high hood SD40-2 was ... (more)