NS 8114 the Norfolk Southern Heritage Locomotive poses with NS 1616 a Norfolk Southern Baldwin AS-416 during the 30th Anniversary family portrait event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

Southern Serves the South, old meets new at the NS Heritage Unit Family Portrait event. These two are certainly family. The Southern ES44AC pictured with the E8A.

Rockton & Rion 2-8-2 No. 19 has just brought cars to interchange with Southern as its Local with RS-3 2052 arrives at Rockton, South Carolina on April 12, 1963. Southern's local has 25 loads of S... (more)

I can’t think of many short-lines that have more old style charm and personality than the Arcade & Attica. My good friend Ben Martin and I wanted to shoot the line and got to the enginehouse ear... (more)

Four trains meet at the Saratoga Springs station on a Sunday evening at 6:57pm. From left to right, the SNC train set that will cover the Monday afternoon schedule is parked on the House Track stu... (more)

Father's Day 2012 saw IAIS operate 3 excursions from West Liberty to Durant to benefit both town's volunteer fire departments. IAIS 6988 is towed west behind the excursion meeting the eastbound f... (more)

RUSH HOUR AT SARATOGA! No less than three separate trains from three separate railroads crowd the tracks at Saratoga Station on a beautiful Friday morning. The S&NC power set holds on the Lead ... (more)

The MGIGI waits to depart as westbound BNSF empties pass overhead.

As a KCS Crew gets ready to take their grain train from the CP south, UP Train SCBSP 21 cools its heels waiting on the outbound crew to show up at around 0230 in the morning at Air Line Jct.

The California State Railroad Museum hosted a series of night photo sessions in honor of a visit by SP 4-8-4 #4449. Tonight, E9 #6051 and SP 0-6-0 #1269 show their stuff. Train #98 was the Soutb... (more)

The A-B-B-A set of Alco PA units accelerates the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF out of town as two crewmen wave. Santa Fe's first GP35, 1300, leads a group of units sitting at the fuel rack.

A Rock Island E-Unit shares the diesel shop at KCS Knoche Yard with newer power from the same builder. This old girl is finally on its way to new beginnings in Iowa on the IANR.

Deep into the East Altoona pit, J1a 6432 waits for work. It was officially retired in April 1958 (source: Keystone Crossings). John had an escort from the PRR Police to roam the property for the... (more)

ATSF 3751 joins with Amtrak 406 and a 1966 Chevrolet Sting Ray for a old-timer's day celebration at LAUS this morning. All I know about this set up is that the Dispatcher told the steamer, "You'll... (more)

Parking is tight at the Selkirk fuel pad this evening.