Mississippi doesn't get snow very often, and when we do the roads are normally not in good enough shape to risk an hour 1/2 trip to grab a few train shots. Today, most of the roads had been clear... (more)

CN 302 clears a major detector in the north Mississippi Delta between Lake Cormorant and Banks.

I still don't own a drone, but I do have some friends who love to go flying in their little 4-seater... so we flew over to West Memphis to grab shots of the UP yard.

NS 201 comes into the yard at Rossville, TN with NS 8101 leading.

At the top of the 3rd inning with Notre Dame leading Texas 2-0, UP 1943 sits on display for thousands of college baseball fans from 8 different schools to see. UP has a display unit for the Men's ... (more)

It was indeed a Happy Independence Day! Canadian National Veterans Units 3015 and 3233 came into Memphis paired together on Z194 and left on Z195 - 3015 leading and 3233 as DPU. Here both units ... (more)

The EJ&E heritage unit leads a southbound coke train through Crystal Springs in the last bit of daylight, taking the hole to wait on Amtrak #58.

One of my band parents took me flying out of Batesville airport this morning, and we decided to fly over Holly Springs and see if there were any trains in the area. A BNSF train had just come thr... (more)

3 Grey Ghost KCS units make the return trip to Gulfport after dropping off and picking up cars in CN Bell Yard. This was my first time chasing the train on its return trip.

While visiting the Omaha Zoo, I kept hearing what sounded like engines idling and rail cars banging. I knew we had to be close to a freight yard. After some exploring, I discovered the way down ... (more)

A BNSF intermodal crosses the Mississippi River Bridge into West Memphis, AR from Memphis while a UP intermodal sits waiting on it to clear.

After running light power over to an old cotton gin, 4310 and 4373 picked up a few grain cars and took them over to Webb for a photo op. The depot may be old, run down and abandoned, but that sig... (more)

A BNSF manifest crosses the Mississippi River Bridge from Arkansas into Tennessee with 5 units - the 5th being an old Santa Fe unit most likely heading to be scrapped.

An empty CN oil train is seen here passing under a very desolate I-69 on its way into Memphis, being led by CN 3109, KCS 4860, KCS 5000 and KCS 5015.

A very clean GT with decent paint sat outside the engine shop at Harrison Yard accompanied by several other locomotives of various paint schemes including a KCS grey ghost, BNSF fakebonnet, a few ... (more)