Much of the railroad scene has lost its appeal to me with the sameness or removal of signal systems, the prevalence of container boxes in lieu of rolling stock and the bloated merged systems that ... (more)

FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Amtrak P30CH 719 leads train 21, The Eagle, into the station area. My photo.

Not as well known as Pidcock or other shortline empires, the Evans family possessed a prosperous little stable in the Tarheel State. Here one of their 70-tonner's Cooper-Bessemer engines produces... (more)

Modified for hump service at Rice Yard in Waycross these "H-15s" as the railroad called them were in at least one case re-engined with old 16-567BC engines. After SBD came along they sh... (more)

With dynamics howling, BN 7174 West drops down the long grade from Marias Pass to the Flathead River valley as it approaches one of the snow sheds along the route. Fuji Astia.

My dad captured this gem. Railroading at it's finest. Five C30-7's with a loaded coal train, working up hill, with the sanders on. I can only imagine the sound, (Tom Ellis photo)

In no doubt familiar territory still looking spiffy in its merger scheme this GE is hustling a southbound freight through the beautiful countryside with Nashville as the objective. Photo by Jim ... (more)

Formerly of the L&N this unit is now actually CSX but does not bear that logo so I prefer Seaboard. It appears to be sitting in the "field" where units await assignment after being serv... (more)

On the longest continuously straight track in America (horizontally that it is) an EB freight roars by the former Seaboard station, one of the nicest little ex-SAL brick stations anywhere. I am h... (more)

Resplendent in the morning sunshine, BNSF 4750 slips beneath the cantilever at Summit - the east end of two main tracks on Marias Pass - after the Essex helpers had cut off. Fuji Astia.

The two peeps assigned to the plant are easing around the big curve, bound for Emory Gap to pick up some coal. This was the site of the imfamous fly ash spill in 2008. They still use coal. I wo... (more)

After picking up a train of coal at Emory Gap two geeps of obscure heritage are approaching the plant. The first is obviously a 9 but has a door from a 7 under the cab. Photo by Jim Satterwhite... (more)

Southern Railway GP30 2549 and GP38-2 5153 are idling at the Charlotte diesel servicing facility on a hot August day. 2549 has somehow lost it's SR nose herald.

Former Southern Railway 2867 leads a northbound freight at Kings Mountain North Carolina.

Out of the haze, a westbound helper set heads to Farm for another shove. On a good day a haze remained in the tunnel from lots of trains and if a little east wind was blowing in Coopers the ghost... (more)