The Bay Line has its first big GE assigned to their property, a former CSX/Conrail CW40-8, recently transferred from the Alabama & Gulf Coast Railroad. 4059 was delivered with a yellow face, weari... (more)

CR, Conrail 6162- 6154- 3284, in unfamiliar territory with a westbound on the AT&SF, Santa Fe at, Valentine, Arizona. May 2, 1996. Jack D Kuiphoff photo & video.

A newly activated set of C40-8W’s lead an extra westbound freight headed to Mechanicville.

BNSF 836-4777-4974-4744 west at MP182, Lupton, Arizona. April 17, 2001. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

From the wayback machine: Memorial Day morning 14 years ago.

CSX B422-24 (East Savannah,GA-Proviso,IL/UP) is shooting north through Wauhatchie on its way north up the CSX Chattanooga Sub for Nashville, TN. It feels like 2013 all over again as the empties it... (more)

An eastbound runs beside East O'Fallon Drive as the former B&O and road climb the grade along Littler Canteen Creek to ascend out of the Mississippi River Valley.

A tired old dash 8 pounds along climbing the grade out of the Des Moines River Valley on the BNSF Marceline Sub. The train is about to the top at Revere and will pickup alittle speed, trying hard ... (more)

Circa 2014, "Ex. Con" CSX 7360 with a GEVO pulls the hotshot Q161 westbound through the Village of Saint Johnsville back on a hot summer afternoon in July 2014 over 9 years ago.

Coal trains on the Santa Fe race track looked out of place. These York Canyon Coal trains were heading to McCook and points east. Usually, these heavy trains got 3-4 big GEs for power. As seen he... (more)

Family Portrait Vintage stored locomotives baking in the early-April sun in Cumberland. Cumberland's dead line is one of the few, if not the only place, where one can see all 3 CSX paint s... (more)

Stressed out and in need of rest I took a sentimental journey to my old haunts in the spring thirty one years ago. In Cordele I found this Electric Fuels unit coal train headed for Florida. Ver... (more)

848 leads SD75M 232 and Dash 9-44CW 687 climbing the grade towards Bealville.

Looking pretty good after a few years, a small relief from "stealth" is on the point of a southbound train.

Bought by Conrail, owned by Norfolk Southern, operating on CSX with an MPI leaser this unit is tiptoeing down the center of Main Street in about the only mainline street running left. Oh, be sure... (more)