As evidenced by the wreath on the store, it's Christmas Eve and little could keep me out after the clouds rolled in. However a high hood GP38, B32-8 & SD40-2 on a Linwood-Macon road freight tippe... (more)
An empty Atlanta-bound rail train rolls south onto the double track at North Kannapolis with a pair of veteran EMDs up front. Sure was a nice sight to see an old ex-Southern GP38-2 leading on the ... (more)
Engineer Tim sends a wave to a couple of fans waiting for his empty rail train at Wells Viaduct, where the Piedmont mainline crosses over the North Fork of the Broad River. The veteran high hood E... (more)
An Atlanta-bound rail train ducks under the endangered signal bridge at Belton, where the replacement mast for the cantilever is already standing and awaiting final installation. Progess is progre... (more)
Still Serving the South: Built in 1972, this 42 year old workhorse began life as one of the 257 GP38-2s ordered by Southern Railway with the distinctive high short hood. Today, these units ... (more)
Emtpy rail train 912 glides across the 1919-built bridge over the North Fork of the Broad River with a former Southern GP38-2 leading the way towards Atlanta. Seeing high hood units lead trains on... (more)
The engineer of NS 912 opens the throttle up and lets his two EMD 645-powered horses sing as he performs a "shave and a haircut" on the horn. It's not often that a high hood GP38-2 makes it here o... (more)
NS 912 takes an approach indication from the Southern cantilever at Midland. A lot has changed in the last decade: high hoods are no longer commonalities here, the chicken industry in Gainesville ... (more)
Having passed through Salisbury, NC just five hours earlier, empty Atlanta-bound rail train 912 ducks under the Southern Railway cantilever signal at Cornelia and passes the ex-N&W caboose and Sou... (more)
A venerable GP on worktrain 95W surveys the state line at Flat Top, once a stopping spot for all coal heading east on the Pokey. Most coal now continues to Bluefield Yard, though a few coal trains... (more)
Alexandria was well known as the home of the RF&P's Potomac Yard, but it wasn't the only yard in town. The Southern had a small yard and engine house near Duke St., all of which was redeveloped i... (more)