Pulling a couple of interchange cars around the wye from the N&W, the BN local passes the dilapidated remains of what was probably once a good rail customer. ICG's ex-GM&O/Alton Jack Line also cr... (more)
There's a summer thunderstorm with driving rain, but the Union Station shed - in spite of hundreds of leaks - offers a dry vantage point to watch an inbound freight from Dothan pass by. In 1973, ... (more)
Pre-SBD/CSX coal train power - A sb coal train is about ready to pull at Bostic, connection point for Clinchfield and SAL/SCL. Up front is SCL SDP35 1962, followed by a pair of SD40s and a U30C, a... (more)
Leaving Cape Girardeau, the engineer has just notched-out his trio of EMDs, which respond with a very non-Alco exhaust cloud. No big plumes, just a dirty-looking sky above the train. The geeps ret... (more)
UP's turn from Muskogee uses former MKT track to zig-zag through Tulsa's east side to Urban junction, where it enters BNSF for the run across the Arkansas River to Cherokee Yard. Before heading ba... (more)