Fall colors provide a vivid backdrop as pooled SP power leads an eastbound intermodal train on its approach to the west end of Norris Yard.

Evidently there are problems with the Amtrak diesels, so D&RGW has added a tunnel motor to keep the CZ rolling.

Another loaded grain train is about to cross BNSF's former SL-SF main as it heads for the Gulf. It's been easy-going since Joplin, but in a few hundred yards the headend will hit the bottom of Mc... (more)

Four red-nosed GP35s bring a grain train - with lots of home road cars - north on the jointly-operated (with MoPac) river line. They will cross that river in a couple miles on the huge bridge to ... (more)

Delivered as Lake Terminal 1009 in January 1948, this NW2 appears to have been well-tended over its 25 years of service. I think Acipco had another EMD switcher in orange and green.

A southbound freight - so close to Brosnan Yard the crew can smell it - has to cool its heels in the Arkwright passing track as a northbound intermodal roars by behind three B36-7s - half of South... (more)

Running on track that will be out of service before the end of the year, Southern's Eufaula to Ozark train passes the former Central of Georgia depot, now equipped with a basketball goal and surro... (more)

The most 'SCL' of diesels, U36Bs served a weird dual-role on the railroad. They often fronted the hottest trains on the road, especially on the ex-ACL main between Richmond and Florida. They als... (more)

A day of work on WofA's mainline is almost over for this Sperry crew. They will cross Southern and back the car into a siding for the night. In the distance, SCL/WofA/L&N Hamlet-NOLA run-through... (more)

The sun is dropping too quickly on a fall afternoon, but just before shadows swallow the tracks a southbound CSX freight dive-bombs the superelevated curve at 'poka at nearly 60-per.

Battery installation short-line style... Park locomotive on a flat stretch of spur with little built-up roadbed, then grab a rubber-tired tractor with a front-end loader. The Southern Alabama (S... (more)

If I remember correctly, in 1987 there was a single daily KC-Salina scheduled train on UP's Kansas Pacific. West of Salina to Denver, there was just a tri-weekly freight. That is why this train ... (more)

A pair of GP35s - with Chessie System numbers, but still in faded WM paint - are assisted by a GP30 and GP9 in CS colors as they head east from Springfield with a short freight (that includes a fl... (more)

It's a hazy summer morning in Mobile as a crew prepares a freight for departure up the Beaumont District. This is the former M&O/GM&O Beauregard Yard in Mobile, but power for this freight is all ... (more)

Dusty SDs (a 45 and a 35) lead an eastbound freight out of Opelika and toward Columbus, GA.