After a successful weekend of all day trips on home rails, 611 once again returns to Southern rails at Altavista, VA, as she leads a short freight South to Linwood, NC
Southern Railway E8 No. 6900 and FP7 No. 6133 team up to recreate a typical late-era passenger train. Were it not for the "Crescent" markings on 6900, this could be a pretty convincing r... (more)
Ex-BN SD60M "Tri-clops" smokes it up along with 2 GE units as they work hard to bring train 135 upgrade from the Catawba River Bridge.
After a long day of test runs, N&W 611 eases up to the turntable, to be lined up over the ash pit
History comes alive as a couple of volunteers tend to the headlight on Southern Railway (Atlantic & Yadkin) 2-8-0 No. 542
Reunion of Man and Machine. I had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman today at Spencer. He was the engineer assigned to 3170 to assist N&W 611 up Saluda Grade in 1992. He retired from NS after ... (more)
A little while later and NS 135 rolls west by the S61.2
Train 165 splits the signals at the S61.2, just West of Hickory, NC
A beautiful Spring afternoon finds NS 135 rolling West at the S56.7 behind an Elephant style lashup of UP-UP-BNSF power
Southern Railway Ks-1 class 2-8-0 No. 630 spins on the turntable at East Chattanooga
Hot on the heels of 162, loaded coal No. 748 flies through Conover, bound for Plant Marshall.
NS 6944 teams up with a TFM SD70M and a KCS SD70ACe to bring train 162 East through Claremont and a beautiful, but very cold Winter morning.
An aging Dash 9 brings a new SD70ACe, and a couple of Foreign visitors through Claremont, NC, with train 135.
NS Local train P61 crosses over the remaining tracks from the old Spencer Yard, and eases on to the Wye, heading West to Barber Junction. Led by a pair of ex Conrail SD40-2s, and an old Southern G... (more)
A pair of shiny new SD70ACe's work hard to drag train 119 up Yadkin Hill at Five Row, and a beautiful last day of February.
