I was treated to a nice surprise while shooting NS after getting CSX Q211 & K447 in Atlanta near Howell Junction. Unknown to me, NS 119 had NS 8099, the Southern Railway heritage unit, on the poin... (more)

SD40-2's 8016 & 8004 lead Q211 south up the grade through Kennesaw, GA. Just when I thought that the show they put on pulling out of Emerson was good, they managed to top it going through here tha... (more)

In the surprise of the week for Georgia Railfans, Q541 had one of the 10 tier 4 EMD's that CSX owns on the point. Having been caught by surprise at the news that one of them got out of Florida, I ... (more)

The 77th edition of the Santa Train is on the home stretch of its trip as it crosses over the North Fork Holston River near the Kingsport Holdout signal.

The weather conditions provide for a gloomy, but fitting setting deep in the Appalachian Mountains as the 77th Clinchfield Santa Train accelerates past the US&S P2 signal guarding Caney Junction a... (more)

Shortly after making their stop in Clinchco, the 77th Clinchfield Santa Train, now operated by CSX, departs Clinchco for its next stop in Fremont as the train crosses over the McClure River & VA S... (more)

CSX grain train G134 heads south through Dalton.

Southern 4501 leads TVRM 325, the Autumn Leaf Special, through the woods of Northwest Georgia as the Fall colors are on display for the passengers on board.

A700 closes in on Rockmart with GP40-2 6393 leading a GP38-2 & three tanks cars bound for GEO Specialty Chemicals in Cedartown.

Over the creek & through the woods

NC&StL 710 leads a charter trip of the Chickamauga Turn past the Belt Line Hill as it returns with the 9 car train to home rails on a rainy Halloween Eve.

NS 288 heads north towards Chattanooga, TN through the community of Seney, GA. Leading the way is NS 1068, the Erie heritage unit.

NS 288 heads north past the MP104 intermediate with NS 1068, the Erie heritage unit, leading the way.

TVRM 325 speeds north as the rain refuses to let up, putting on a good show track side but making it a challenge for the more than capable engineer Frank Welsh.

CSX 6393 sits on one of the yard tracks in Wyvern with a cut of hoppers. The 6393 is former Richmond, Fredricksburg, & Potomac 141 & is one of only two locomotives on CSX's roster that is not equi... (more)