The local is really rolling as it comes across the fill at Gold Ridge.

The Columbus-bound local slides around the big curve at Edwards Road.

A switch crew works the tracks around the NS/CSX crossing. That white flag may indicate that 5152 has just returned from a Lafayette turn or from working Royal City customers.

Traffic signals were red, the big yellow and orange diesel had headlights blazing and horn honking, and two flagmen (second one in orange shirt is visible near bus mirror) were on the ground tryin... (more)

L&N's first GP30 (1000) and first GP35 (1100) team up on a local departing southbound from the combined L&N/SCL yard in Montgomery.

The ANR crew finishes their work at the UP interchange, and will soon grab their caboose - visible in the distance - and head for home.

The CHV switch crew prepares to couple a Southern boxcar to their SW1500. This is all gone now, as are virtually all of parent company West Point-Pepperell's textile plants in the Chattahoochee R... (more)

The long-distance local stops a couple miles short of downtown Opelika to work Lee Timber. Pretty-good-looking train on this day...

As the railroads that would become Family Lines became more closely coordinated, two pairs of run-through trains were initiated in 1973 that utilized the West Point Route (A&WP and WRofA) between ... (more)

A little bit of variety on this day, as the usual geep-powered long-distance local has a U23B in the lead.

The Piedmont loads passengers at Kemper Street, with the usual cut of intermodal tacked on the rear of the train.

A nice springtime Saturday afternoon; the perfect time to stroll down to the tracks and meander around the site of a derailment the day before. Even for 45 years ago, this was the most relaxed cl... (more)

Southern 2664 shows off its AAR Type-B rucks in a broadside view.

This train ran up the old Central of Georgia main from Albany to Smithville, where it swung onto the branch to Eufaula, AL, its destination. The track is good, so the engineer has his GP35 (a uni... (more)

All four locomotives passing the foundation of MP's Independence passenger station are Missouri Pacific - sort of. All are lettered Missouri Pacific, but only the third unit (SD40-2 3266) is 100%... (more)