One of the small handful of high hood SD40-2s remaining on the NS system sits in Gainesville until it's needed by local trains which will start running again during the week. Most of these units a... (more)

Kansas City Southern intermodal train I-DAAT (NS 220) terminates at Inman Yard in Atlanta with an increasingly uncommon gray SD70MAC leading. Since the closure of the hump yard a good while ago, I... (more)

On a hot and sunny spring day, NS 172 curves around toward Inman Yard after crossing the Chattahoochee River into Atlanta. Leading the way is Norfolk Southern heritage ES44AC 8114.

On a beautiful spring day, NS 220 (KCS intermodal from Dallas, TX to Atlanta, GA) crosses the Chattahoochee River into Atlanta. It's less than a mile from its terminus at Inman Yard.

On a cool but bright spring morning, two Union Pacific engines lead Atlanta, GA to Croxton, NJ intermodal 212 through downtown Lula, GA. Older UP GE power has gotten around the southeast lately, a... (more)

Hurling out clean exhaust, NS 153's three venerable Dash 9s lead their lengthy Linwood, NC to Birmingham, AL manifest under the new cantilever signal at Belton.

This was an interesting move with an interesting ID - Light power from Gainesville runs north to the Fieldale Farms feed mills in Baldwin to build empty grain train 55Q. Locals tend to take larger... (more)

It's a beautiful spring evening as temps hover in the mid-70s and local train P91 has stopped with its lead locomotive underneath the rising moon during the blue hour. The engineer has jumped out ... (more)

CSX Q542-29 is approaching the south end of the double track at Stratford, which is about 5 miles south of Tilford Yard. A Canadian National SD60F was supposed to lead the train, but as you can se... (more)

Factory-fresh Canadian National ES44AC 3029 leads Kansas City to Jacksonville intermodal 285 through downtown Atlanta. The people on this 285 are making much better time through the city than driv... (more)

On a crisp and cool spring day, Calumet (Chicago, IL) to Macon, GA manifest 177 cruises through downtown Atlanta. Railfans are out by the dozens to catch the pair of British Columbia Rail GEs, whi... (more)

During its third trip on the Greenville District in four days, NS' Central of Georgia heritage ES44AC 8101 leads Charleston, SC to Atlanta, GA intermodal train 237. The train has just diverged ont... (more)

NS 211 passes the statue of Trigger and the founders of the famous Bona Allen Saddlery in Buford, GA with the Central of Georgia heritage GEVO leading the way. The weather is by no means perfect, ... (more)

On a rainy spring afternoon, southbound hotshot 211 knocks down the control point at Yonah, the north end of the double track through Lula, GA on the former Southern Railway Washington, D.C. to At... (more)

On a picture-perfect afternoon, two classic engines lead a southbound rail train out of Speers Ferry, VA over Copper Creek on the 187 foot tall Clinchfield Viaduct. The Southern viaduct over the c... (more)