After departing Shelby Yard an hour ago, southbound loads led by a pair of GE's cross over the famous Pool Point Bridge in the heart of Appalachia.

Amtrak 68 skirts Lake Champlain as they roll south.

Southbound black diamond loads pass over the Russell Fork River at Milepost 7 on the former Clinchfield main.

Amtrak #91 heads south across the James River Bridge.

Southbound loads cross the bridge at Pool Point on their journey south to Erwin, TN on CSX's Kingsport Subdivision.

The Sunday Alma excursion of Train Festival 2009 returns to Owosso, capping a fun weekend chasing and photographing steam.

A pair of classics meet on a summer morning in rural Michigan.

The Canton Cannonball rolls steadily eastward at a blistering 10 mile per hour pace outside of Cuba, Illinois STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The sun is slowly showing itself after the last few days of rain.

The Pablo Neruda tourist train

A small hole in the clouds momentarily opens up allowing the sunlight to illuminate BNSF 744 south, as it rounds the curve into Marcel on its uphill climb through the Tehachapi Mountains.

Georgia Sunday A typical Georgia summer scene, green tree's, churches, and of course catfish. We had come here in search of a pair of rare GP38AC's but alas the power had been swapped alre... (more)

It's a beautiful spring morning in the Utah high country...a perfect time to be outside enjoying the world we live in. Heber Valley Railroad's 'Lakeside Limited' has just made the 11 mile run sout... (more)