On a dull Tuesday afternoon, the Winchester & Western Railroad's "Sandman" takes a tight curve through Gainesboro, Virginia pulling empty sand cars to a plant in Gore, Virginia.

On a dull Tuesday afternoon, the Winchester & Western Railroad's "Sandman" rolls through the countryside of Frederick County, Virginia. The Sandman is tasked with pulling empty/loaded sa... (more)

On a dull Tuesday afternoon, the Winchester & Western Railroad's "Sandman" rolls through the countryside of Frederick County, Virginia. The Sandman is tasked with pulling empty/loaded sa... (more)

A somewhat unusual Sunday extra is about to leave PC and head for Dothan behind 509, SD40 506, SD9s 503 and 504, and GP39 507. Pretty big-time power for an 82-mile railroad.

A pair of blue and golds leads 610 south over Horton Cove on their way down to New London.

Friendly patrons imbibing in the tasty brews and edible delights of Axemann Brewery in Bellefonte, PA greet a Nittany and Bald Eagle train as it glides by the far shore of Spring Creek.

The second schedule Dinner Train is slowly working its way westbound for the East Chattanooga Belt Line with the only sole survivor of the Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Railway locomotive Nº 80. T... (more)

Rock Island Rail's colorful equipment is seen here gathered by their office at dusk.

Rock Island Rail's colorful equipment is seen here tied down by their office in Sumner.

A red-and-white GP38 greets the dawn in Tuscaloosa, with more GM&O GP38s visible in the background. That freshly-painted orange shed near the turntable breaks the spell, though. This is ICG terr... (more)

L&N #4009 leads a S/B Freight into New Albany, IN.

Geeps and cabooses mingle at Clifton Forge back when it was still a very important spot on the Chesapeake & Ohio.

Today's 45 - the westbound long-range local - is a big one, so three units have been assigned, including 2656, a GP30 that following a wreck was rebuilt to GP30 mechanical standards, but with a sp... (more)

Growing up in Georgia and Alabama, I spent a lot of time around rivers like the Chattahoochee, Oconee, Coosa and Tallapoosa. Saw them flood lots of times. None of that prepared me for the Missis... (more)

An interesting lashup of power leads a northbound Utica Branch NYS&W train through North Brookfield, NY.