A former Seaboard Coast Line SD40-3 leads two other EMDs past one of the cotton mills in Shorter, Al. As seen from the tufts scattered on the ground, this is a messy operation.
The biggest and smallest diesels on the railroad make quite a pair. The 204 has just had a 92-day inspection completed, and is ready for a bath. The 25 ton GE is used as a shop switcher and makes ... (more)
Alabama State Docks' Genset switchers pull a 100+ car train out of the yard, passing by the Carnival Fantasy. Nobody knew at the time, but this would be one of the last voyages the ship would ever... (more)
The city of Elko was born a railroad town. The Central Pacific and Western Pacific both laid tracks through the heart of downtown, but in the 1980s the tracks were moved outside of town. Luckily a... (more)