Amtrak 19 starts away from its station stop at Gainesville at the beginning of a southern summer day. This general scene hasn't changed a lot since the Southern days, as the Crescent of that era r... (more)

Amtrak 19 makes its classic on-time arrival into Gainesville at sunrise. This general scene hasn't changed a lot since the Southern days, as the Crescent of that era ran on a similar schedule.

NS 154 makes an early run up the Greenville District on a beautiful morning. The train is leaning into the superelevated curve north of the control plant at Baldwin, which is in its last summer of... (more)

An hour-late southbound Amtrak Carolinian flies down the old Atlantic Coast Line main south of Rocky Mount, NC on a beautiful afternoon in North Carolina. A very endangered ACL searchlight signal ... (more)

Westbound empty autorack Q249 comes into Harpers Ferry behind a standard cab EMD, a welcome site for any busy mainline in 2014. The sun was even gracious enough to pop out for this one train of th... (more)

The westbound Capitol Limited pulls into Harpers Ferry, beneath the Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder sign on Maryland Heights. Thanks to the engineer for flashing peace signs as well.

Local train C42 returns westward at Huntingdon, PA behind a GP38-2 and GP59E to allow a massive fleet of westbounds through. The train is seen here passing the former PRR passenger and freight dep... (more)

While enjoying an excellent image of the very place I'm kicked back, NS Roadrailer train 262 starts up after two westbounds pass at Cresson. Still more foreign things are present, including the se... (more)

The eastbound Pennsylvanian flies upgrade at Lilly, ducking under the historic Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge that saw many Broadway Limiteds in its heyday.

About an hour after cresting the grade at Sand Patch, loaded Virginia Power coal drag U245 finally starts its descent. The engineer has set a minimum reduction and is in dynamics to slow their des... (more)

A loaded Virginia Power coal drag lugs upgrade at the Keystone Viaduct on CSX's Keystone Subdivision. In a few miles, the train will reach the summit of the Sand Patch grade and stop before contin... (more)

Intermodal train Q135 struggles upgrade, rounding the horseshoe curve at Mance, PA. They'll get down to about 10mph before cresting the summit at Sand Patch.

Autorack train Q276 hurries upgrade at the Sand Patch summit behind a YN2 duo. Of note, the leader still retains is RS3L horn from days in service on Conrail.

Coal train N684 drags upgrade at the Sand Patch summit with two YN2 units on the point and an AC6000CW doing the honors. Two helpers are working behind 100 loads and will cut off at the tunnel a f... (more)

CSX manifest Q375 roars upgrade at Hyndman behind an SD60 and CW40-8, the latter of which will fail about five miles up the hill, causing quite the interesting bit of operations for five or six mo... (more)