The Standard is not the Standard. My friends know that although I have caught quite a few wide cab SD70s, I have been trying unsuccessfully to catch a standard cab SD70 for awhile now. In f... (more)

Bridging the Yadkin. NS 118 slowly crosses the Yadkin River near Spencer, NC on the NS main line, awaiting permission to enter NS's Linwood Yard just across the river. An increasingly rare... (more)

Under steam. The 611 works up a head of steam at the beginning of the night photography shoot at the N.C. Transportation Museum.

On the Line. In an O. Winston Link setting, the 611 sits at the VA-NC state line while a local family comes out to greet the engineer. In actuality, of course, this was taken at the N.C. T... (more)

Friendly Crew. The conductor on this SD60I gives a friendly wave as 191 heads down the Southern/NS R-Line on the way to Augusta, GA. This LTEX SD60I is one of five former Conrail units tha... (more)

NS Predecessors. The N&W 611 runs around to the front of Spencer Shops near S. Salisbury Ave./Highway 29 and by the old Southern Railway Water Tanks. The 611 was under the control of some ... (more)

She'll be comin' round the bend .... N&W 611 runs around the Spencer Roundhouse with amateur engineers at the controls, headed toward the entrance area of the N.C. Transportation Museum, ... (more)

Saturday Night Lights This Southern FP7 and the Norfolk & Western 620 GP9 rest under the lights, indifferent to the hullabaloo surrounding the night photography session for the N&W 611 at ... (more)

Paging Winston Link? In a well-done photo shoot session at the N.C. Transportation Museum with settings inspired by the historic shoots of O. Winston Link, I had an opportunity to take my ... (more)

Look Ahead--Look ... West? This iconic Southern GP30 rests quietly with dignity at the Spencer Roundhouse while preparations are made for the 611 night shoot at the museum.

Southbound Local. This local heads down the Eastover Sub in Columbia, SC, near the State Fairgrounds and Williams-Brice Stadium. The day is warm, and the doors on the lead and trailing uni... (more)

(Little) Mountain Moves. In a rare treat for us around Columbia, SC, the Reading heritage unit leads P65/Z368 up the CN&L Line, taking a load of empty chip cars through Little Mountain tow... (more)

Visitors Leaving Town. Crossing Whaley Street near the University of South Carolina soccer stadium, two KCS Belles lead NS 192 northbound on the Southern/NS R-Line to the NS yard at Linwoo... (more)

Morning Work. After running the wye in Devine Junction to turn the power from LHF, Q210 heads out through the Ditch in Columbia to head north on the historic CN&L line to Slighs, SC, where... (more)

Sunlit Switcher. An Alco S-2 switcher works at CMC Steel near Cayce Yard in Cayce, SC as the evening sun sets.