The three diesels on the Columbus turn come down the middle of Depot Street in the once-bustling SAL town of Richland. The crew is done for the day, but the diesels will power a turn to Bainbridg... (more)

These U36Bs and their Mate are heading a Birmingham-bound freight on the former ACL/AB&C mainline, but that healthy coating of white phosphate dust shows that they are not long-removed from their ... (more)

After running to the power plant via BN's ex-SLSF River Line, an empty Union Electric unit coal train waits for a crew to head back to the MP main at Illmo. In the distance, the southbound BN loc... (more)

The diminutive size of the U18B is evident in this photo, where the diesel is looks hardly any bigger than the waffle-sided boxcars coupled to it.

The fall colors are subdued on a gray November day in Alabama. GM&O 635 is in familiar territory, but trailing are three ex-IC Paducah rebuilds that still feel like invaders to GM&O fans.

The DT&I crew leaves their small yard and heads for the Campbell Soup plant across the Maumee River. That's the N&W they are about to cross. In the background a DT&I reefer sits on the interchan... (more)

On a beautiful spring afternoon, a Fort Smith RR crew services customers on the north side of the city. They are about to work the big Gerber plant, a chore that will include some time inside the ... (more)

This track is UP's McPherson branch. Before the merger with Missouri Pacific, it saw just a six-days-a-week turn to McPherson that usually consisted of a B-B diesel and a handful of cars. As a c... (more)

ICG hung on to the ex-GM&O RS-1s a lot longer than many of us expected, even repainting a few. I was a GM&O fan, but I had to admit the orange and white looked pretty good when first applied. It... (more)

This northbound is about to cross the bridge over L&N's mainline and Buck Creek. A few miles ahead in Birmingham's Boyles Yard, the crew - which got on board at Manchester, GA - will be off the c... (more)

Intermodal speeds across a blanket of fresh ballast as the old Western Railway of Alabama mainline gets some attention.

Spending a couple hours on a windy bridge in frigid temperatures was a small price to pay to see two faded old coal warriors leading a train of intermodal and auto racks.

Newer, more powerful EMDs and GEs were around by 1985, but I bet this crew was still pretty happy to see that their ride would be a trio of SD40-2s. Here, they are slowing to a stop to allow a tr... (more)

That caboose is pristine, as is the SW14 up front, but biz car 101 - perhaps fresh from being refurbished - is the star. Built by Pullman in 1912, I believe it was renumbered a couple times, then... (more)

The Columbus turn has made it back to Richland, U18B 308 and its two mates are parked by the station, and the crew members are headed home. My memory is slipping, but I think the power will head ... (more)