Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Railroad ES44AC Heritage unit Nº8102 spends the Christmas break in Gainesville, Georgia.

We are in the middle of a mid December rain streak that has been going on for days, and will go on for days to come. NS 913 flies southbound through the dreary dark rain clouds that seem to be avo... (more)

On Christmas Eve, Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Railroad heritage GE ES44AC rests with two other locomotives on the Gainesville Midland interchange track. After the Christmas shutdown en... (more)

Three big NS engines including the PRR heritage unit sit with two cars of their inbound loaded grain train on the lead to the newer Fieldale Farms mill at Baldwin. Why do they have two cars, you a... (more)

On a mild December afternoon, NS train 980, loaded with M88 tanks, runs north up the Greenville District. Powering the train are two SD40-2s, the first of which was built in 1966 for the Pennsylva... (more)

Illinois Central SD70 #1003 leads Norfolk Southern Linwood,NC to Birmingham,AL manifest #153.

A lot of local power sits unassigned in Gainesville, GA with a GP38-2 HighHood sitting on the point. This consist would of course break up, but the HighHood would hang around for a few days making... (more)

The early morning sun rises over north east Georgia painting the landscape with brilliant sunlight as NS 212 crosses the Wells Viaduct on its way up north. A fresh CREX motor trails in the third p... (more)

Having picked up the conductor after lining off of the Commerce Branch, the Gainesville to Commerce local proceeds south to Gainesville with an less-than-typical set of engines for power. Two high... (more)

A retro ex-Southern high hood GP38-2 leads local train P16 to Gainesville, past the Southern signals at White Sulphur. The 3411 and 5166 are second and third in the consist.

Peace in the Middle East? NS 153 accelerates through Oakwood, passing the town's Nativity scene. Despite the peace reflected in that scene, a tank rides on a DODX flat car first out on the ... (more)

After dropping off nearly half its train up the line at Baldwin, 348 soars through the small town of Lula on NS's Greenville District.

A very late P12 bound for Commerce rolls down the Commerce Branch at Gillsville, not long after getting off the Greenville District at Lula.

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)