Two Union Pacific SD70Ms on the point of train 23Q blend in with the fall peak foliage in Twin Branch, WV as the train splits the signals at Mary Town.

NS 17M starts downgrade at the west end of the Elkhorn Tunnel with 10 engines and 18 cars in the consist.

Loaded coal train 758 works upgrade at Farm, passing the historic Norfolk & Western coaling tower just to the west of Welch.

NS helper set J53 slides down the Elkhorn Grade at Maybeury as clouds block out the morning sunshine. The train is headed to Wilmore to assist a 758 up the grade later.

J53 shoves hard on the rear of train 758, which is battling gravity up the Elkhorn Grade in Farm, WV.

Working hard up the Elkhorn Grade, NS train 234 ducks under the Norfolk & Western signal bridge at the east end of the CP at Maybeury as the leaves in southern West Virginia reach fall peak.

Three western units, two of which wear classic and famous paint schemes, lead NS 203 to a stop at Howell in northwest Atlanta. This train is running over six hours late, and as far as I know, its ... (more)

With quite the variety of foreign power out front, NS 204 flies across the Tugalo River bridge, crossing from Georgia to South Carolina, the second of seven states it'll pass through before arrivi... (more)

A trio of Union Pacific engines leads Linwood, NC to Birmingham, AL manifest 153 across Wells Viaduct, a trestle built in 1919 that spans the North Fork of the Broad River and stands 202 feet abov... (more)

The bright yellow and green Reading Railroad heritage engine on the point of coal drag 74M brightens up a nasty Atlanta weekend that has brought nothing but cloudy skies and an unpleasant mood to ... (more)

On a clear morning, a loaded CSX coal train works railroad south through Norfolk Southern's control point at 23rd Street in downtown Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain is looming in the background whil... (more)

NS 50D sits tied down on the main at East Point as a local job powered by an ex-Southern MP15DC shoves up the south lead into the ex-Central of Georgia Industry Yard.

An increasingly-rare YN2 CSX GP38-2 leads an ex-NS GP38-2 south at East Point as another NS local powered by an ex-SOU MP15DC sits north of the control point waiting to come south, cross over, and... (more)

The Virginian heritage motor leads Charlotte to Atlanta intermodal train 221 by the signals at Peachtree Station, originally Southern Railway's Brookwood Station, which serves as the Atlanta stati... (more)

After leading train 296 into Atlanta the morning before, this power set was assigned to 222 and subsequently 221 for the Greenville District on this day. Obviously, the photogs in the area were ou... (more)