Bellevue, OH to Sheffield, AL train 117 is transferring power as it crosses 'Tenbridge'. The Tennessee River may be a backwater for barge traffic, but the CNOT&P 3rd District is 100% mainline.

The westbound intermodal waits patiently as 38Q, with a new crew, moves past to clear the Ford signal.

NS SD70ACe 1019 is leading 708G702 down the Cedartown District at Buchanan, GA with the NS 8057 and DPU's NS 8135 and 8383.

Helpers on the last "Hill Run" fade away into the darkness as they pass through Garwood Tunnel, and the rest is history.

A U91 crew takes loads east towards Elmore yard during a torrential rain at Slab Fork, WVa. This train would recrew in Elmore and take the climb to Clark's Gap going down as the last loaded hill r... (more)

An extra Elkhart-Macon manifest blows by 220-14 running on a restricting behind another intermodal entering Inman Yard.

In the last rays of sunlight, NS 1019, is in notch 8 accelerating to track speed with a load of coal for the Keystone Power Plant in Schelocta. The train is about to cross the Allegheny River and... (more)

72X builds it's train in the harbor at Ashtabula in a brief moment of sunlight on a chilly autumn evening. The elusive (for this area, anyway) Conrail heritage unit is in trail.

Last night while out storm chasing I happened upon a coal train sitting in the Stowe yard overnight. NS1019 was in perfect line from the storms moving in from the west. After dozens of shots I was... (more)

A rising sun provides 19G with a dramatic backdrop for the early-morning westbound.

A late NS 154 works through Oakwood, GA on a nasty, rainy, cold afternoon. Assisting the leader are a CN ex-BNSF C40-8W, BNSF ES44DC, and NS SD40-2. As the Canadian goes north, hopefully it will t... (more)

A wild lash up heads west under the PRR signal bridge at CP Fairhope in Canton. Behind the two NS units are CSX 3081, BNSF 8234, CEFX 6017, BNSF 7877, amd CEFX 6020.

NS 212 blasts through the signal at "Haywood" just north of downtown Easley, SC. All of the former Southern Railway Signals are on borrowed time as their replacements are already on site.

After a long hike I made it to the trestle for a different shot I have never done before. 153 slowly struggles as it climbs the hill. NS 290 would soon come over the bridge at the same time witch ... (more)

NS 098 with an SD 70ACe and SD40-2 High hood pass the former ALTO tower for a crew change in Altoona.