The Spirit of West Springfield CSX Safety Train Gevo pulls Q678 into West Point during the early morning hours of February 21st. This locomotive wears decals promoting the Safety Train which is a... (more)

Merry Christmas!
The city of West Point has gotten into the spirit of Christmas this year with festive decorations adorning their Chattahooche Valley painted caboose. With lights alon... (more)

Wood is still a large industry in the South and can be seen traveling through most towns. Tonight we see two modes of moving it. Behind the 8141 are piles of timber that have been cut up at the ... (more)

A pair of Tier 4 Gevos pull hard on their 7800 foot train as they guide 134 cars into West Point this evening. The old Union Switch & Signal color light signal is still protecting the movement of... (more)

A Gunderson built bulkhead flatcar sits on the West Point siding in the early morning hour looking like it's awaiting unloading of its heavy structural steel beams. I... (more)

When it was initially painted in 2003 to honor the B&O anniversary, the original anniversary number on the banner was 175 since the B&O began construction in 1828. As another decade has gone by s... (more)

Looking elegant as they round a curve into town, a pair of EMD 6 axle locomotives lead A746 towards West Point this afternoon. The local will soon tie down for the evening as the crew brings the ... (more)

A nighttime running Q612 rolls through the city of West Point this evening with a pair of NS locomotives at the front of its 5 unit consist. The foreign leaders will bring this train up to the te... (more)

The LaGrange local Y112 makes a surprising appearance in the city of West Point after helping drag A746 back to the siding located there... (more)

This one of a kind B&O painted caboose is here today as a result of the hard work and forward thinking of B&O caboose historian Dwight Jones. He came up with the idea in 2002 to take an existing ... (more)

Interlocking rings help to visually convey the message of how important the B&O railroad was to the growing nation when it began construction in 1828. This nation's first railroad would help lead... (more)

In an effort to become more cost effective (aka saving money any way they can), CSX has started the practice of using only one locomotive for the West Point local known as A746. On paper this mak... (more)

After dropping off 8 coil cars at the Kia assembly plant, A746 begins to traverse the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company's large steel structure over the Chattahoochee River which has helped trains ... (more)

Having spent the entire weekend in this spot at the North End of West Point siding, the Spirit of Magnolia continues to sit patiently this afternoon. It's not alone though, since there are numero... (more)

It's easy to tell which wheel set is the newer one on this car. The previous set was tagged by a wayside defect detector for a hotbox and thus resulted in this car being set out at the West Point... (more)