Western of Alabama's local train 6 waits at the crossing as an eastbound freight rolls by on Southern's former Central of Georgia Birmingham-Columbus, GA mainline. The crossing was not interlocke... (more)

2426 & 2408 stabled at Benson

Locos owned by the Reading Technical & Historical Society

Return. AIKR 4202 leads a load of cars from the NS Interchange back toward Aiken, SC. Dec. 31, 2019.

Working the City Limits. At the Aiken city limits, AIKR 4202 switches some cars onto the Charleston siding in Aiken, SC--on the original South Carolina Canal and Rail Road (later South Car... (more)

At the time of this photo, PRR 2233 & PRR 477871 N5C caboose in primer were privately owned. The GP30, originally PRR 2233, became PC 2233, then Conrail 2233 and painted in Conrail blue. Its owner... (more)

The KCS Dodger heads south.

Delivering Cars. AIKR Z522 switches some inbound cars from the NS interchange at Warrenville, SC into the Charleston siding before taking loads to AGY Aiken.

Local Freight on Historic Line. AIKR Z522 returns toward the Aiken Yard from the Norfolk Southern interchange at Warrenville on its way to Carolina Eastern and AGY. In making these moves, ... (more)

Shortline Run on New Year's Eve. On this crisp New Year's Eve, Aiken 4202 brings back a load of cars from the NS interchange at Warrenton, SC to Carolina Eastern and AGY in Aiken, SC.

Snowcapped mountains surround Boulder City, NV while UP GP30 #844 and Amtrak F40 #231 sit quietly at the train station.

Many of these wooden bridges around the upstate of South Carolina have been closed in the last few years. This one over the former Piedmont and Northern has been a target for me since acquiring t... (more)

UP 851 switches cars in Long Beach.

Rio Grande GP30 3008 and GP30 3010. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

Running on rights granted as part of the UP/MP merger, a D&RGW train from Kansas City is westbound on UP's former Missouri Pacific Pueblo line. This traffic would grow substantially in following ... (more)