Charlie put the hustle in baseball and these guys put the hustle in railroading. No grass growing under their feet here near the end of the line as they expeditiously prepare to return to town wi... (more)

Their work day almost done, the local switch crew with it's former DT&I leader is entering the engine track. The daily train with its ex-SOU caboose has pulled into the clear and will back eastwa... (more)

May have been set out for some reason.

With some good directions and benefit of being a little lost we looked up and there was the EB train getting ready to head out to work industries on this remnant of the former Rock Island STL-KC l... (more)

A former MP unit switching the grain mill in this small town between Dallas and Waco. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

New railroad, same old territory. MP got into significant GE purchases late in its history. These for MP units have been standard on locals in this area for several years. This local appears to... (more)

Beside a new shelter the nicely matched dinner train looks ready to depart for faraway places instead of a runaround a few scenic miles away.

Apparently they needed a lot of sand. These units were used in the plant to move huge unit trains of coal. Original railroad unknown. This operation was really great for railfans but operators ... (more)

Originally ATSF. Photographer unknown. From my collection.

Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

IC's great Paducah shops turned out many excellent rebuilds over many years. Among the lesser known models was this one. I like the Baldwinesque look of the hood. This one is handling local swi... (more)

A work consist is shoving west to the point where they last dropped ties for the upcoming resurfacing of this NS line. The power car appears to be a modified GP38 of some sort the railroad seems ... (more)

Originally IC, ex CRLX, EMD GP40 on the rear of a coal train, a job that has gone away. Photographer unknown. From my collection.

Fall is well along but global warming seems to have pushed the height of the leaf season to later in the year lately. This slug set is leading EB coal about to depart.

Looking fresh, with the just the right amount of patina, this N&W alumnus probably came in on #466 from Winston Salem.