Three CSX EMDs shove four NS units through Tilford Yard, CSX's mixed freight classification yard in Atlanta. The leader was built for the Baltimore & Ohio in June of 1975, and it's certainly in st... (more)

After stopping to inspect a sticking brake I saw earlier, NS deadhead OCS move 956 accelerates southward at Chicopee for the final leg of its trip into Atlanta, where it will arrive 13 hours behin... (more)

An Office Car Special deadhead move flies southbound underneath the Southern Railway cantilever at Cornelia. The train was finally cut loose after waiting an hour for the Loram Rail Grinder to cle... (more)

A solid set of BNSF AC GEVOs leads hotshot intermodal 213 from Rutherford, PA to Atlanta, GA, seen here flying southward through Blacksburg, SC. This is the fourth time this power set has run the ... (more)

Southern Railway Serves the South: Two ex-Southern SD40-2s and an ex-Conrail SD40-2 lead local train P37 at it throttles up at Red Lane behind 222, which was led by one of the UP Salt Lake ... (more)

Union Pacific's Salt Lake City Olympics unit #2002 makes its second appearance on the Greenville District today, this time fortunately on the point of Atlanta-Charlotte intermodal 222, which typic... (more)

NS 153 roars through White Sulphur with 4 engines in notch 8 as a whole bunch more train is still coming up to the crest of the grade. Though not officially in helper service, the two SD40-2s from... (more)

Two SD40-2s from P37 have run north to assist ailing 153 on its drag up the 17-mile grade from the state line to Mt. Airy, GA. The 53 coal loads mixed into the train aren't helping much with the s... (more)

Two Union Pacific engines lead McCalla, AL to Croxton, NJ intermodal 290 up the Greenville District several hours behind schedule. Though it's surely causing problems for the crew, it's great to s... (more)

Three BNSF GEVOs run elephant style on the point of Rutherford, PA to Atlanta, GA intermodal 213. The three AC motors allowed this train to make good time down the Piedmont Division, putting the t... (more)

The foreign power trend continues on Class I railroads through summer 2014 as CSX and Union Pacific engines team up with an NS SD60 on home rails to bring hotshot intermodal 213 into Atlanta. They... (more)

At 4:40am, the northbound signals at Ayersville, milepost 552.0 of the Piedmont Division, show all stop for southbound manifest 348 to pass through. These Southern Railway signals are on their ver... (more)

NS 154 thunders through Lula after sunrise on a hot summer day. One of the few "raccoons" with the full white face is on front of the Birmingham to Linwood manifest.

Gainesville to Greenville turn P90 runs north at Lula just after sunrise with three SD40-2s for power, as usual. Unusually, the crew lawed out in Greenville, of course leaving the high hood 3rd ou... (more)

Atlanta to Charleston, SC intermodal train 238 flies up the Greenville District toward Greer, SC and Spartanburg, SC, where it will switch and turn southeast to get its international containers an... (more)