Westbound freight crashes through the interlocking. Photo by Mike Dolenski.

Ringling Red Unit heads south to Tampa for the winter break before beginning the next round of shows. Really do miss putting my schedule together around the many moves these trains made in Florid... (more)

RoadRailer service had one train in each direction for Simpson Yard.

The final day of 2023 finds NS 14z heading east with 8101 on the rear.

Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 heads westbound through downtown Decatur, IL. with a new crew on board.

A New Year’s Eve treat! I guess Norfolk Southern wanted to squeeze in one last treat for me this year! The recently repainted Virginian heritage unit was the leader on train 274 this morning. I... (more)

“Get them while they are fresh!” My railfanning day was dominated by GE AC44C6M leaders. However, as mentioned in an earlier post, I have really enjoyed photographing these units with some ... (more)

As the clouds lift, and the moon peaks through the darkness, NS 826 breaks the silence of a snow covered Coopers WV, over the duration of a 15 second exposure.

A 2 and a half second exposure shows NS 41N picking up speed as it exits the Coopers tunnel and crosses the massive trestle at Coopers. Making its way towards of Elkhorn Tunnel, just as the sun di... (more)

Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 heads westbound through Oakley, IL.

NS 9585 at Carlsbad, NM.

On a cold, dark and somewhat snowy December evening, Norfolk Southern SD40-2 #6173 still wearing it's non horsehead paint scheme, leads Train D91 eastbound in the siding at Tolono, IL. preparing t... (more)

An eastbound manifest grinds up the west slope at the junction of the South Fork Secondary on the last Friday of 2023.

Getting Underway. Led by an NS Dash 9, which once wandered the countryside in mighty herds but now is nearly extinct, this CSX special movement pulls a Siemens generator out of Cayce yard ... (more)

Charlotte-Kings Mountain local P43 passes the Southern-era intermediates at Bessemer City. The train worked an industry just north of the prior signal and crept the few miles at restricted speed ... (more)