A set of elder high hood GP38-2's power the Cosgrove yard job on a sunny March morning in North Charleston. Here, he is waiting for the conductor to get back to the locomotives so he can reverse i... (more)

On a warm March morning, the Cosgrove yard job awaits track clearance from a CSX crew so they can pull out and work the paper mill at the north end of the yard. The train is led by two former Sout... (more)

The switcher for Cosgrove Yard, in North Charleston, prepares to pull out with only locomotives, and grab empty wood chip cars off the track to the far right. Once he gets the chip cars, the conne... (more)

TIS A COOL NIGHT IN NEBRASKA IN 1979 Not really, but you wouldn't be able to tell otherwise if it wasn't for this description. And that's what I love about the Hartwell Railway! There are s... (more)

NS 51q splits the signals at the CP Baldwin, in Baldwin, Georgia, as the last bit of daylight fades into darkness on a quiet, November night in northeast Georgia. Just six days earlier, this scene... (more)

An invasion straight out of the Great Plains has taken over Inman Yard, in Atlanta, Georgia. A couple invaders them selves pull 204 north through Norris, SC as the morning fades into afternoon and... (more)

A POWER SHORTAGE TAKING IT'S TOLL A shortage of power all across the nation is beginning to take its toll on the Piedmont Division. Atlanta based 204, which is supposed to have three locomo... (more)

NS 213 glides into Central with KCS/NS/KCS lash-up on the head. When we pulled up to the crossing, his nose was already peeping around the curve, so there was no chance at me getting to the "lit" ... (more)

The crew of NS 221 gets their train moving again after being stopped at Traber to let a batch of MoW equipment pass by. The reamains of the biggest of all of 2015's snows (as of right now) blanket... (more)

NS p35 leaves Seneca on his way to Toccoa, Ga after working the wood yard, which is just around the curve. A half inch or so of snow has coated the ground, but didn't stay long. It all melted with... (more)

NS p35 has just coupled to a cut of cars in the Tugaloo wood yard in Seneca, SC, and prepares to pull out and head back to Toccoa, Ga. A light dusting of snow has covered the landscape, but didn't... (more)

Ghost Town You would never think this to be the busy town of Gainesville, Ga by looking at this still, quiet, ghostly scene. It looks like an abandoned town out in the countryside. But no... (more)

NS 237 rolls southbound preparing to meet p90 at CP Johnson, just under a mile away on a beautiful winter day.

It's hard to believe that earlier this morning, this was an ice and snow covered scene. But a day of burning sun has melted it away. In the late afternoon, NS p90 heads back south to Gainesville, ... (more)

NS 119 is running nearly 12 hours late as he slowly stumbles into Central, SC. He will soon stop and let Amtrak 19 (which is also very late) pass by him. Frigid temperatures and rain clouds made f... (more)