Once a common site, NS is now one of the few railroads to continue using camp car trains to house MOW gangs. Intermodal train 216 passes on a quiet Sunday evening.
Q172 runs a couple times a week as an advanced section of Q174, the daily Jacksonville-New York intermodal. Today, Q172 accelerates out of Charleston, SC with 5000' of single stacked intermodal.
The engine hood looks different than the SD70ACe's that I'm used to, but it's not bad. KCS seems to be squeezing a lot of miles out of them and I haven't heard of any major negatives, so hopefull... (more)
A couple veterans drag a long distance Waycross-Chicago freight through the fall colors of Bi-Centennial Park. The "Southwest Territory" became a state in 1796, the 16th state admitted to the Unio... (more)
One of the few UP SD9043MACs to receive the lightning stripe treatment passes the statue of Roy Roger's horse Trigger, which had a custom saddle made at the tannery where I am standing.
With 72 loaded rock, 69 general freight and 9 empty autoracks; when asked, the engineer told the dispatcher he would be lucky to make 40 mph. The dispatcher told him 101 would be waiting at Micco... (more)
A golden locomotive flying past some goldenrod. The engineer was stroking it and we barely beat him.
Dragging up Crawford Hill with Crow Butte in the background.
5+ years after Patriot Rail purchased the line, a trio of GNRR painted stallions was enough to get me out of the house. The 8705 has since been moved up to the Blue Ridge Scenic passenger side of... (more)
When a non-AC motor leads a GE widecab and a train touching 3 hump yards was not out of the ordinary... Q375 departs Willard after block swapping on it's way from Cumberland to Cincinnati with a G... (more)
Who wouldn't want to spend a Wednesday afternoon inspecting your railroad?
The 2nd Mount Vernon Local steps off Evansville Western trackage for a right hand turn on the wye to interchange at CSX Howell Yard.
The lesser photographed side of the Turkey Creek bridge, and my favorite by far.
First Ferromex SD70ACe I've seen and also the first I'm aware of leading through Atlanta leads a train through town on the way from New Orleans-Linwood.
With the crew minutes away from going off duty, NS 212 passes under the old Southern Ry signal bridge just west of downtown Greenville.
