Other than no lights this looks like it should be the front of the train, but no. Undoubtedly the longest DPU string I’ve seen is loafing along on westbound empties at one of my favorite places... (more)

A former CIC unit serving the grain industry in a tiny town.

I like nice round numbers. This eastbound intermodal has just met #127 and heads out by the town "square", but Glade is so small it's actually a triangle.

A westbound freight with a celebrity and a resurrected SD70M has been routed into the siding for a meet with an eastbound on this date. Even with a little "patina" the celebrity is look... (more)

Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

Running on trackage rights to reach trackage in Indiana an empty hopper train trundles down the main. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

A consist like a "dog's breakfast" wheels this west bound out of Pigs Eye on a beautiful spring day. No name on slide. Photographer unknown. From my collection. PSA: Preserve your... (more)

I like the way this color scheme stands out in its environment. That might be a good prerequisite when planning an "image". Photographer unknown. From my collection.

Photographer unknown. From my collection.

Even under the new umbrella old habits died hard. Carrying white flags, which for all practical never appeared on merger partner N&W, this train looks like the old Southern we knew and loved. N... (more)

I originally started “Red sky at morning………..” then something didn’t look right and I knew someone would correct me. I was wrwrwrong! “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight” is mo... (more)

A watchful fireman doing much the same job as thousands of others over the years reminds us that this is fun for us but difficult and serious work for our train crew on these photo junkets. Here�... (more)

Originally PC, then CR, then OHCR this old horse is looking mighty slick in the late summer sun. It's nice how EMDs can get a new lease on life unlike those great chugging GEs of old. Looks like... (more)

An eastbound grain train is passing the former MP station in this great little junction town. My kinda place. The station now houses the local Chamber of Commerce and a museum.

A short-lived train around here, this decimated trash train is westbound at the tiny town whose “square” is a triangle, formerly a junction with the Saltville Branch.