Watco's Birmingham Terminal Railway now hosts this special paint scheme honoring the University of Alabama at Birmingham, prominently featuring the school's mascot "Blaze the dragon" as ... (more)

"If there is a road in your shot, there will be a car on it." Sage advice given to me by my dearly departed friend Gary Larimer in my formative years of becoming a serious photographer.... (more)

Worlds collide at the Dalton depot on a Saturday night-- railfans, prom couples, amateur photographers, and the general public. But all take a moment to enjoy the passage of a Norfolk Southern so... (more)

As they often do late morning to midday, WSOR trains T4 and T6 exchange blocks in Milton Junction, WI. This is an example of the very early Watco days, with original WSOR power and road numbers, ... (more)

Welcome to Chattanooga...railroad closed! On July 29-30, 2018, a small army of CSX, NS, and contract crews were given a complete 48-hour shutdown of the 23rd Interlocking through which CSX's W&A ... (more)

R.J. Corman took over the former Carolina Southern Railroad in South Carolina. Despite several challenges, the company began running trains and makes a complete run of the Red Hill, SC to Mullins... (more)

Fans of the old Southern Railway would be hard pressed to find a branch that feels more like the old road than this one. Watco now operates the line to Sylva, and a couple of times a week venture... (more)

A Carolina Southern train trundles along the line between Mullins, SC and Chadbourn, NC passing Cerro Gordo. This shortline featured eclectic lashups such as this, moving freight on a minimal bud... (more)

What was once the Costa Rica transcontinental mainline is now just a place the local residents walk around their homes. Outside of some local commuter rail operations around San Jose, railroading... (more)

What was once the Costa Rica transcontinental mainline is now just a museum. I spent some nice time with the curator, and while my Spanish was once pretty good, sucks now. But I still could cobb... (more)

I remember this trip well-- I figured these big consists of Paducah rebuilt GP10s lugging big trains across Iowa wouldn't last much longer...and they didn't. GP38-2s replaced these elderly consis... (more)

Wow, I went to the Utah Railway in 2002 as an "emergency" trip because the MK5000Cs were having trouble, hoping to get some in the consists. And here we are in 2017, and the Utah railwa... (more)

I&M Rail Link train 919 enters the yard in Nahant, IA returning from the IPSCO steel mill. This photo marks a turning point for me, as I used to hate having people in my photos as a die-hard rost... (more)

I&M Rail Link train 263 enters the yard in Davenport, IA while a yard job and local await to continue their work. This photo marks a turning point for me, as I used to hate having people in my ph... (more)

The KCS "Shar train" (as the crew called it) is pulling through Meridan Yard early on a February morning, bound for Artesia, MS. Things were about to get interesting for this 1x1 DPU tr... (more)