After waiting for permission to enter the Macon Terminal, NS 27W is passing North Macon as it passes Rose Hill Cemetery. Leading the way is SD70ACe-T4 demonstrator unit 7208.

My original plan was to chill in Dalton for an hour or two & see whatever comes through as a side trip on the way home from Chattanooga that morning. I pulled into the parking lot by the depot whe... (more)

On Christmas Day, Alabama Southern Railroad train 112 is seen resting in Reform, Ala. for the holiday. On the point is an EMD SD70Ace-T4 demonstrator locomotive currently on lease to Kansas City S... (more)

A trio of SD60's dynamic brakes keep 174 in check descending Braswell Mountain.

The 5300hp EMD SD80ACe #8080 led train X99 arriving in Rio Claro yard. The locomotive is being tested by Rumo, but probably they will not buy these 20 cylinder giants, due high fuel consumption.

An EMDX SD70ACe, SD60MAC, and SD90MAC-H sit at the EMD LaGrange plant in McCook, IL. In the background you can see a former SP tunnel motor, a BNSF SD70ACe, and a KCS SD70MAC.

The first SD70ACe ever built sits at EMD's LaGrange plant.

GM F9A 462 with test train is at Milwaukee Road Savanna Engine terminal.

An assortment of SD70ACe variants sit outside the EMD LaGrange Plant in McCook, IL.

EMDX SD90MAC-H #90 sits with an Oakway painted SD60 at the EMD LaGrange Plant in McCook, IL.

What could have been... painted in NS black due to a cancelled Tier-4 order, EMDX 7233 is lettered "Progress Rail - A Caterpillar Company" and currently working for KCS.

EMDX 7209 leads Westbound ABS 112 through Columbus.

EMDX 7209 leads Westbound ABS 112 through Ethelsville.

Alabama Southern Train 112, the Reform, AL to Artesia, MS turn, heads West as they cross the Tombigbee River in Columbus, MS. The EMDX 7209 and the two KCS Locomotives had been used a couple of da... (more)