A former Frisco GP40-2 (now a GP40-3) is on the point of KCS' Macon Local as it waits for its turn to come into the KCS yard to do some switching moves before going back to Artesia, MS.

The 5,000th Evolution Series locomotive built by GE leads a southbound bound mixed freight past the Meridian Amtrak station on a pleasant Sunday morning. The train has a just been refueled and wi... (more)

The northbound Crescent has traveled about 200 miles from New Orleans to make a station stop in downtown Meridian, Mississippi. Both Norfolk Southern and Kansas City Southern put a halt to their ... (more)

After cutting off from the rest of their train, the Kansas City Southern SHAR (Shreveport, LA-Artesia, MS) job backs into the small KCS yard in Meridian to pull out a cut of crude oil tank cars. ... (more)

A former Frisco unit is all that can be found in the small Kansas City Southern yard in downtown Meridian on a pleasant, early May morning. This locomotive was built in 1979 and worked for the Fr... (more)

Pan shot of NS train 22G leaving town.

NS train 345 has just finished fueling and is navigating through the crossovers to head south towards New Orleans, LA on the old NO&NE mainline.

Amtrak 305 hasn't pulled one of America's Passenger trains at 79 MPH in a long time, the unit along with 3 "heritage" cars has been getting a lot of use over the last 15 years training F... (more)

Amtrak 305 hasn't pulled one of America's Passenger trains at 79 MPH in a long time, the unit along with 3 "heritage" cars has been getting a lot of use over the last 15 years training F... (more)

Just outside of town along the Norfolk Southern AGS South District is Dunn Roadbuilders large Meridian facility. The GP8 was originally a Frisco GP7 built in 1950. Illinois Central Gulf rebuilt ... (more)

Starting life on the Illinois Central in 1954, KCS 907 has been through multiple owners and paint schemes before becoming a maintenance of way unit for current owner Kansas City Southern. This un... (more)

After leaving the hotel early in the morning, we set up trackside and wait to see if the Kansas City Southern will send us anything off the Meridian Speedway. We don't wait long until an Artesia,... (more)

One of EMD's "Banana" SD70ACe-T4 units from their lease fleet serves as the DPU on KCS train ARSH (Artesia, MS to Shreveport, LA). This train is usually a nocturnal move, rarely seen in ... (more)

A KCS AC4400CW serves as the DPU on this days SHAR train.

The Nickle Plate heritage unit leads the last 16T out of Meridian, MS after fueling and a fresh AGS crew for the trip to Irondale, AL.