Looking like a string of flatcars with a trackhoe on one and a control cab on each end this piece of equipment rolls east on the former NKP main. Unit is obviously on an old GP underframe. It lo... (more)
Southbound stacks coming fro Waycross is meeting northbound containers on a bring brisk South Georgia winter day.
DPU on a southbound limestone train, all cars marked OFOX but leased to Residco. I’m assuming this was scrubber stone for some power plant.
Yet another southbound merchandise train rumbles by our our location, the former B&O Caboose where we spent the previous night. Walk across the tracks and enjoy a great BBQ lunch. Not a bad way ... (more)
If you only use one beam you get a classy cover for the other opening. How many other locomotives have had the same job since 1952? Number 1 is a mascot of sorts these days.
Finished with switching at the paper mill east of town, two ex-NS units with tastefully chopped noses struggle with the days produce heading for their small yard.
Having finished some switching north of town the local is dragging its way back to the yard, stretching to the horizon.
What an odd combination in this era, 54-year old dinosaurs working with the latest products.
Tiny towns with junctions dot the landscape in the northern part of the Hoosier State. Though fewer since the merger flurry, there are still several such as this hamlet where the GTW crossed over... (more)
Former Amtrak units, owned by Age of Steam Roundhouse, configured for freight, await a new owner and meaningful work.
A new unit from OHCR, originally Erie Mining as evidenced by their distinctive options.
Southbound train with mostly ethanol.
The “Silver Meteor” races southward into the neck of the Funnel as a semi-retired ex-military firetruck catches some rays of winter sun.
Late in the day the leader of the “Caitlyn” class roars through our small town headed for a crew change in Bristol.
Westbound intermodal with my first good shot of the new Tier 4s.
