Two Dash 8 models pull swiftly on their 76 freight cars and 1 vintage GP9 as the CSX Q678 comes into Chehaw this morning while catching a reflection of itself on this culvert.

NS 136 has finally made it to Opelika with 97 cars in tow behind a pair of SD70M locomotives. After chasing this train east from Kellyton, it's now 1.5 hours closer to Columbus where this crew wi... (more)

Today’s NS 187 is being pulled by a pair of colorful locomotives in the form of Citirail leaser and a CSX visitor. This change of pace does add some variety to the usually all black and white c... (more)

After waiting patiently for a MoW crew to finish up their welding of the 24th street crossover frog, Q577 finally gets rolling again as it leaves Sloss Furnaces and the city of Birmingham in its r... (more)

Climate Controlled is exactly how this unit must feel since the addition of an air-conditioner atop the cab by NS sometime in 2008.

A pair of Geep power has finished sorting some cars at the small HOG yard located on the east side of town. Now this pair will soak up the morning sun as they wait for the next call to duty.

A nostalgic searchlight signal still protects the interlocking of CSX with its former SAL route to Savannah which now is used by the Heart of Georgia railroad. Today’s SAM Watermelon Express tr... (more)

Numerous mammatus clouds begin to gather and brew overhead as an afternoon thunderstorm makes its presence known atop the abandoned MoPac mainline on the flatlands of eastern Colorado. Special... (more)

A familiar CSX unit from the southeast finds itself leading an empty crude oil train through Colorado and past the former MoPac mainline into Pueblo. The train is slowing down as it prepares for ... (more)

The 8130, which still wears a faded version of the YN2 paint scheme, is coupled up with a fellow six axle in Chehaw this evening. This pair of veteran SD40-2 models were built for the SCL in the ... (more)

From this vantage point it's easy to see how much elevation change this tank train has undergone as it moves off the original Santa Fe track and onto the ex-Rio Grande right of way. What isn't se... (more)

Local watching a Local Instagram contributor _trauma_, who also happens to be a Denver native, takes a break from his usual city reflection... (more)

A very long CHIDEN has just set out the first portion of its double stack train onto the west packer track in Denver. As the lead engines pass their train, the yard crews go work unlocking the in... (more)

Having dropped off 59 empty Herzog ballast hoppers at the Vulcan Materials Quarry earlier in the day, the power for W084 now finds itself tied down on the Notasulga storage track idling the night ... (more)

Empty bi-level auto racks move onto track 2 behind the former BN SD60M after having left the home rails of East Thomas a few minutes ago. This train will soon be on its way to Lincoln, AL where t... (more)