On a hot, humid, and extremely hazy evening NS 339 (Birmingham,AL-Meridian,MS/KCS) is cursing south through the heart of the rough industrial town of Bessemer on its way south on the AGS South-End... (more)

A western visitor spends a foggy and humid night unassigned in Norfolk Southern's Dickinson Yard, about 25 miles south of Charleston. After daybreak, the KCS" Southern Belle" EMD SD70ACe... (more)

A well kept early EMD switcher. I would stop at the depot after school and ride with the crew as they finished their switching. Now and then, it would be getting dark and I'd have to hike a few ... (more)

NS 213 glides into Central with KCS/NS/KCS lash-up on the head. When we pulled up to the crossing, his nose was already peeping around the curve, so there was no chance at me getting to the "lit" ... (more)

Southbound 221 idles in Central, SC waiting on northbound 212 to pass. A couple colorful macs are the power for the train. Both locomotives are "first timers" for me. My first KCS Mac and my first... (more)

The morning sun rises over the tiny town of Central, SC as NS train 221 throttles up after having been stopped just short of the crossing so that northbound 212 could pass. KCS and TFM macs are p... (more)

A pair of Kansas City Southern EMD SD70ACe's idle in the Grafton terminal after performing some testing over the intimidating grades of the former B&O Mountain Subdivision.

Eastbound freight 18M slowly passes through Rawl, having just left the yard at Williamson with a colorful consist.

Southern Belle leads 18M past Farm on its way to Bluefield.

Two comebacks of Mike Haverty's creation roll west with an empty oil train through historic Harpers Ferry. The fresh Southern Belle and faded Pinkbonnet were together for quite a while this spring... (more)

Soo 2408 near the roundhouse at Schiller Park. Notice the tiny W.C. on the cab side, signifying the unit belonged to the "original" Wisconsin Central. That and the four digit road number was a dea... (more)

Soo 353 and 720 near the roundhouse in Stevens Point. This slide is from my collection and has no photographer listed...possibly Joe Stauber. An RS-1 along with a GP30 makes for an odd look. The 3... (more)

Soo 395 at the Marquette Roundhouse. The 395 was built as Baldwin demonstrator 1600 in 1949 and went to the DSS&A in 1952. It was one of a few ex DSS&A Baldwins to get Soo paint. This unit was ret... (more)

DL road freight PT98 has just departed Scranton, as it passes beneath the classic ex DL&W signal bridge in Elmhust. Today's train, powered by two long hood first units, has 10 freight cars in tow ... (more)

A relatively clean SOO diesel works a cut of empty stack cars at the east end of Bensenville Yard on a beautiful summer morning.