GP18 and GP35 team-up to power the westbound local. GP18 178 was the last diesel put into service by an independent CofG before the Southern takeover in June 1963.

My wife called and said she'd seen a special train so the chase was on. Carrying export locomotives with trucks on heavy duty flatcars this high and wide was probably destined for Norfolk. As ye... (more)

Passing Morgan UT during The great race to Ogden

Evanston stunning departure during The great race to Ogden

Livani peat railway

VIA train #53 (which had recently lost its name, York) from Montreal slows for the end of its run to Toronto Union Station a quarter of a century ago. The train was still equipped with both LRC po... (more)

Reading 2102 accelerates up to speed at Milepost 108 on the point of an 18-car passenger train.

Engine CSXT 0001 with Train CSX P001: With no opposing traffic on CSX's Trenton Subdivision, the CSX Office Car Special made great time on the trip north from Philadelphia, PA, en route to ... (more)

During the mid-1950s, cab units ruled Southern's main line as seen in this November 1955 view near Austell, Georgia with Train 153 rolling east with a quartet of F7s in charge. Photo by R.D. Sha... (more)

Visible on a guided escort within the shop yard are six unrepainted SD40-2 which have seen little to no use since GrupoMexico took over. With five of the GE sent to Mexico and others being taken ... (more)

Eastbound about to enter the canyon.

Foreign Pumpkins on April Fools. First shot in the database of this re-lettered, recently acquired ex-BNSF Dash in the yard. These parts mostly sees GP38s and SD40/50s.

Southern Fools: In a consist that would seen too good to be true for April fools, NS 8099 and NS 1069 pull the Masters OCS southbound through Charlottesville, Virginia, after dark, as they head f... (more)

Following the BNSF's Clovis Sub, at milepost 688 we happened upon an empty coal train, BNSF E-SPSBTM0-09D, heading back to the Powder River Basin's Black Thunder Mine in Wyoming from Springerville... (more)

Double heritage units the NS 8099 Southern and the NS 1069 Virginian lead the southbound Office Car Special from Maryland into West Virginia over the Potomac River. The OCS will eventually take ex... (more)