Ribbon cutting ceremony for RJ Corman's take over of the Carolina Southern.

There’s no lack of signage to identify this location, CW Cabin, at milepost 359 on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line near Hinton, West Virginia. The train is the New River Train, returning to Hunt... (more)

MMRR with the HESR 2025 Leads 2 Cars for Bear Truss Eastbound

A former Penn Central GP38 and a former Pennsylvania Railroad N5 cabin are united again on the roster of Fore River Transportation, a terminal operation in Quincy MA. Both the cabin car (hey, my d... (more)

Carolina Piedmont 2020 sits at the CPDR office in Laurens, SC as CSX high and wide W994-06 shoves out of the yard to the left. The conductor standing on the rear of the train truly gives a since o... (more)

Quebec Gatineau Plow Extra 2004 with QGRY Jordan Spreader 402876 is busy in the yard spreading the snow and clearing the tracks.

Quebec Gatineau Plow Extra 2004 with QGRY Jordan Spreader 402876 is crossing the St-Maurice River at Shawnigan. In the foreground, Hydro-Quebec generating station #3 built in the 1940's. The railr... (more)

Many people have asked me over the years "What is your favorite shortline?" Well folks, here it is. And this photo typifies why. Two factory-original EMD units in spotless as-delivere... (more)

In a rare move, all 3 of the Michigan Shore's engines (GP38s 2019 and 2057 and SW1200 1216) are on the point of today's southbound freight, seen here on the outskirts of Grand Haven. This trip wil... (more)

After completing their work in Oshkosh, the L595 crew heads back towards Horicon with a decent sized train.

The CPDR road power trio, consisting of three GP38's, pulls a high and wide movement to a stop in Laurens so the loads can be "walked" under the bridge in which I have made my vantage po... (more)

A train of GE gas turbines winds its way through downtown Fountain Inn on a dull, gray day in mid February.

Two Gas Turbines fresh out of the General Electric factory at Greeneville, SC roll past the historic Fountain Inn depot behind Carolina Piedmont GP38's on a dreary, gray February afternoon.

My most most frequently sighted - and least favorite - locomotive when I started fanning in the early 1970s in east Alabama was the Southern GP38 (or GP38-2). Square, black, run-of-the-mill blah.... (more)