Damaged rail can be caused by flat spots on wheels and high tonnage. Defects like this one can eventually give way and cause a derailment, especially in cold weather. Railroads are usually thorou... (more)

Winter in Montana can be brutal, and during one of these bitter cold days, a Montana Rail Link section crew digs out a switch serving Thompson River Lumber before MRL’s Paradise local arrives to... (more)

STILL STANDING! Built in 1907, the Wadley Depot could use some TLC after standing for more than a century, but over all isn't a complete lost "YET"! The railroad it served was th... (more)

You never know what you will see outside the shops here. CN 700/702 are rostered as LNG fuel tenders.

Steam To Follow. Another recent addition to the SMS Lines fleet, SLRS 9 (née-USATC 4023, 0-6-0, Alco, 10/1942) has already been fired up to test its boiler. There is still cab and cosmetic... (more)

Still Blue.The most recent addition to the fleet, SLRS 104 (ex-CPGP, née-MKT 15, SW1200, EMD, 2/1952) was brought to the SMS Rail Lines property in Logan Township, New Jersey from the now ... (more)

Street Running. The SAN 1300 runs down the middle of Tybee Street with a load of cars from Deepstep Road.

Quite the quick turnaround with these locomotives, many now back on the CSXT roster in 2022. Sometimes they find their way home.

In the morning, a worker is preparing a steam locomotive after a whole night run.

Working the Yard. The SAN 1400 pulls forward in the yard with its load of cars.

Working the Interchange. The SAN 1500 pulls forward with its slug unit as they build a train at the interchange to return to the Sandersville yard just north of town.

Sunrise Steam. Tennessee Central 509 (4-6-0) is in reality Louisiana & Arkansas Railway 406. This class nicknamed "ten-wheelers" was built in 1913 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works ... (more)

Southern 4501 at missionary ridge tunnel

Working the Interchange. One of the three SAN jobs of the day picks up some cars from the NS Interchange at Tennille.

Ready to Move. After pulling these cars from a nearby side track, this SAN job waits to enter the yard between Sandersville and Tennille.