Local train P37 returns from Baldwin with four engines and a cut of empty hoppers in tow. It's just the beginning of a nasty, rainy evening, but these guys are fortunately almost done with their d... (more)

NS Charleston to Atlanta intermodal 237 charges upgrade from Mud Creek at the north end of Flowery Branch. Fog is rising from the dip as the sun rises at the beginning of an 80+ degree day.

NS P48 scoots through the curve at Chamblee Road between Oakwood and Flowery Branch. The leader was built for Burlington Northern in 1978 and picked up from NREX in the last year. In about a mile,... (more)

Hotshot intermodal 213 holds at 50mph under the Southern signal bridge at Belton, just north of downtown Lula. Seeing the green, gold, and imitation aluminum unit leading a high-priority freight h... (more)

An early 213 was hot news today for everyone along the Piedmont Division. At 7:30am, the train was in Manassas, the connection point from the B-Line of the Virginia Division from Front Royal. The ... (more)

Charlotte to Atlanta intermodal 213 crosses over to the 2 side at Walters, where it will meet 3 northbounds. Once through the switch, the engineer brings the power to notch 8 to get back up to spe... (more)

NS 748 slides downhill through the Loops, seen here at Round Knob. Dynamics are howling and brake shoe smoke is filling the valley as three units hold their 14,000-ton loaded coal train at a stead... (more)

NS 135 grinds up the Loops by Andrews Geyser on a beautiful spring afternoon. They are about 20 minutes into their run up the Loops and have about 20 more to go before topping the 2.2%, 16-mile gr... (more)

The helpers for 744 rode down the mountain to Old Fort to grab cars for Asheville on the run west. Here, they're seen busting out of the rock cut south of Jarrat's Tunnel. The crew commented how t... (more)

Loaded coal train 744 has just met westbound P87 and is underway at the east end of Old Fort. The Appalachian coal is at the bottom of the descent of the Appalachians down the famous Southern Loop... (more)

In perfect morning light, an eastbound coal train thunders upgrade at Ridgecrest. In less than a minute, the head end will begin the 16-mile descent to Old Fort down the 2.2% grade through the Loo... (more)

Literally seconds after the sun has risen over the mountains to the east, Asheville-Hickory local P87 trundles by at Ridgecrest with woodchip hoppers for Old Fort in tow.

NCTM's Southern FP7 sits on the turntable in front of the Bob Julian roundhouse during a test night shoot in preparation for the Streamliners event in May.

The four engines are lined up for the test-shoot before the Streamliners event at the end of May. ACL 501 has actually been pulled out of the roundhouse for the event, representing one of the two ... (more)

While preparing to move NCTM's Southern GP30 from a roundhouse track to the turntable, the engineer starts up the EMD, shooting a could of smoke into the sky. Far above is a crescent moon, which i... (more)