Heading a train that was abolished and replaced with 12T is a commemorative unit which has acquired "character", blemishes showing experience and longevity. What most of us getting old a... (more)

"Hastings" (my nickname for it anyway) is rolling through the beautiful campus of this small (but growing) liberal arts school. They will pause briefly on the main at CP Glade and we'll... (more)

During our week trip that included Summerail we catch a southbound NS intermodal crossing CSX's former CR main. They will parallel CSX's former C&O Line for about 1/2 mile south then go their own... (more)

Approaching a meet with intermodal #278 this WB mixed freight has nears the signal for the east end of the long siding which is oddly positioned well east of the actual switch. The track makes an... (more)

Short stuff. Awaiting an EB freight this tiny intermodal train can use our short passing siding, a relatively rare event. A good day for me.

This WB intermodal cruises past the approach signal for both CP Wyndale and CP Abingdon. The new 136# welded rail has been kicked out for installation later in the spring. Wyndale is a CP where ... (more)

The old reliable glorified local Chattanooga to Roanoke is dragging thru a swag just east of "town". Way in the back is a bit of color, always a welcome sight in the land of what seems ... (more)

Hauling a big mix of everything this mundane merchandize is dressed up today with a celebrity unit. The train is operating on a track that has bisected this small campus since Civil War days. Th... (more)

A minor battle won, having topped the hump coming east out of Abingdon this mixed, semi local, that works the major yards, is beginning to get a little roll on as it progressed across the Old Domi... (more)

The daily local rattles along on the way out to the end of the line at the sand mines on a line that once went all the way to Hardeeville and carried Southern passenger trains to Savannah. One of... (more)

With a small freight train in tow the classic low-drivered Consoiidation passes the depot area.

Celebrating its return to service after many years and posing for a portrait during a gala weekend of excursions this locomotive looks spiffy with the green boiler jacket. The anachronistic singl... (more)

A former CN unit is one of two units switching a transload on a short portion of the long abandoned MKT Panhandle Line. That really was the railroad to nowhere.

A new passing track has eliminated a bottleneck here. EB freight #14 tiptoes over the new rails working its way toward Chester. They will do their next switching at Fort Lawn. The former CR uni... (more)

In Jerry Joe Jacobson's days a visit to the shops could turn up almost anything as it did on this date. Obviously ex-SP. Love though lights.