I don't want to drone on about it, but no electronic flying devices were used in the creation of this image.

Avoiding Birmingham, Chicago/BRC-Waycross Q647 skirts what used to be the Departure Yard at Tilford Hump. Part of the old yard has been sold to Amazon and CSX has upgraded the Arrival Yard for Tr... (more)

With Track Geometry Car 3 already painted into the B&O Passenger Scheme, a pair of unique former MARC & Amtrak motors pilot W003 from Atlanta to Wauhatchie.

Rebuilt & repainted in 2020, this upgraded SD70MACe is already dirty and has "wash me" written on the nose.

Illinois coal from Sugarcamp Mine snakes through North Georgia on it's way to Cross, SC.

Extra Memphis, TN/BNSF to Charlotte, NC intermodal passes through Midtown Atlanta. What, 20 years ago, used to be scrapyards and brownfields has morphed to expensive condos and storage units for ... (more)

Shortly after this photo, 1801 suffered tummy troubles and has been languishing in Altoona, PA ever since. I was glad to get one more photo of what I call the lion's mane primer catfish before it... (more)

The CC&O was the last Class I railroad built east of the Rocky Mountains. While hit hard by alternate energy sources, it is still alive and kicking, with a Russell, KY to Waycross, GA manifest ex... (more)

Local U41 heads back to Appalachia after turning at Frisco, TN. This was my first time at Natural Tunnel and it was a cool as I'd hoped.

100 system hoppers for Rincon, GA exit Hickory Tunnel #2 and cross over Hickory Creek.

126 loads of Pennsylvania coal drag up the grade at Duff Mountain. Due to the DPU not working, the train would stall and require a de facto manned helper to get over the grade.

It doesn't happen often, but when the power gets out of whack, Georgia Northeastern will run long hood forward. It makes for an interesting look, especially with all 3 'paint schemes' currently i... (more)

ERB Industries makes safety apparel & gear. Once every couple months, they receive a pneumatic covered hopper of plastic pellets. Most smaller industries receive transloaded plastics by truck, s... (more)

The New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad was a pioneer of piggyback intermodal service. 64 years later, an entire train of ISO containers from the Port of Savannah to Austell (Atlanta), GA lead ... (more)

Drink Coca-Cola, Delicious & Refreshing. A pair of non-Sadmiral Cab SD40-2's are also refreshing on an intermodal transfer returning from Inman Yard.