A Southern freight heads north over what was once the Central of Georgia's main (via trackage rights over the A&WP north of Newnan) between Atlanta and Columbus. This line is mostly gone now.

Seaboard Coast Line GP40 #1608, leading B23-7 #5151 and U33B #1721, has one of the hottest trains on the railroad (piggyback train #320) down to walking speed as the engineer navigates street runn... (more)

Four B&O SD35s shove hard on the rear of an eastbound manifest at Amblersburg, WV on Sept. 13, 1975. Track work on the eastbound track has the train climbing Cranberry Grade on the westbound. In... (more)

After a long day of testing rail, the CN Track Evaluation RDC Budd car is tied down and resting for the night in the yard at Virginia along the CN Rainy Sub.

WM 501 does some early morning switching in preparation for the days runs. 734 will do the honors. Photo taken with a long lens and off the railroad right of way.

SCL 511 - with unusual white-on-black number boards - teams with a GP40, U36B and a pair of old GE C-Cs to lead a southbound freight through Hanahan. In a few minutes they'll drop down the hill i... (more)

About to cut away from the last cut of spotted trash cars, D765's power is seen here. The lead SD60M is proudly displaying its Conrail heritage with its marker lights lit. The old Rock Island tr... (more)

40th Anniversary F40 Cabbage #406 brings up the rear of the Pere Marquette as the train makes it final stop in Grand Rapids.

ARR 3015 is at the end of a long day that took it and cruise ship passengers from Seward, north to McKinley, and then back south eventually ending up on the siding here at Portage. The Chugach Mo... (more)

Amtrak's special move to get unit #600 to the Pueblo test track passes Palmer Lake on its way south.

Looking out of place on the Joint Line, this special Amtrak move passes through the small town of Larkspur as it rides yellow blocks behind a heavy BNSF Southbound coal load.

Southern Railway "Work Extra #2686", flying white flags and displaying class lights, and Southern Railway #992598, a Jordan Spreader, stopped on the "R" line while the crew lunches at the 66 stati... (more)

In the typical hazy glare of a summer afternoon in Alabama, Southern 2595 leads a westbound local a couple miles outside Alex City.

The ATSF main through Fort Madison hosted a couple CR run through jobs a day back in 1980. Here CR 1952,2783,2194 and 6607 roll slowly toward the Mississippi River draw with an eastbound out of Ka... (more)