Rushing through the cold morning air CSX AC powered engine #302, travels the mainline on a long section of straight track with 152 followers copying their leaders every move since departing Birmi... (more)

Roaming through some tight curves and close bank sides, Q186-21 heads north with a special unit on the point. Still in the famous original Santa Fe Warbonnet paint, BNSF Dash 9 engine #656 comman... (more)

The "number board" a simple part of a locomotive, yet important in many ways. This specific number (4035) belongs to a locomotive in the CSXT fleet. Providing similar info as a social security nu... (more)

Recently receiving new asphalt and new crossing signals, the grade crossing here at Mp. 849.8 sees a fair amount of trains during a 24hr period. Cruising at 50 mph this wide cab Dash 8 waste no t... (more)

Thick fog sweeps in covering everything in sight, including this CSX Evolution Series locomotive and its train of welded rail.

Mixed freight rolls fast through Wadley under a crystal clear blue sky with remote CSXT engine #6547 (3rd in line) venturing out from the yard onto the road. The remaining miles until this trains... (more)

Over a mile and a half of train scoots through Lineville behind lead power that was built in 1996. The GE/EMD locomotive team, works hard to keep this heavy consist moving over Track 1.

Snow in Roanoke?... Yes, it's true!... That fluffy white stuff is a rare sight in this part of the country, sometimes taking years before dropping by again. Normally several inches are out of the... (more)

Containing plenty of power for the job, a CSX GEVO pulls empties solo north destined for more cargo. A new crew has just powered this beast up, and in about 50 yards or so, they will diverge over... (more)

Carrying a hefty 78 loads (14,000 tons) of rock from the Wadley Crushed Stone Company, a couple of General Electric locos from the CSX fleet gradually gain speed tugging them south. This rock wil... (more)

Now that's HOT!... The fusion of rails has just been made through the process of "Thermite Welding". Part of the hardened sand mould (which incloses and promotes the welding process) an... (more)

In CSX Tilford Yard surrounded by a jungle of steel cars and rail, a Norfolk Southern Dash 9 stealthy creeps alone as if looking for a way out.

Just minutes earlier after waiting for CSX intermodal train L186, the crew of BNSF engine #7633 gets a medium clear from the siding to the main at the southend of Broughton. Now gaining speed, th... (more)

Molten sulfur rolls over a (4ft 8 1/2 in) wide steel road, (destination New Wales, FL) with BNSF power and a lone CSX engine. To retain a molten form, the sulfur should be kept at approximately 2... (more)

The chatter of empty coal hoopers and the roar of diesel power from GEVO engine #961 prime mover, brakes the silence at Lafayette connection. A new cantilever signal bridge (which will be in oper... (more)