Say what you will about the paint scheme, but it sure does stand out in a crowd of catfish... seen here rolling through the southern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains 85 miles from it's origi... (more)
The Lehigh Valley saw a lot of Georgia in Q1 2019.
The S&A Heritage leading Jacksonville to Chicago intermodal 282 was icing on the cake of a great day on the mountain.
One of the cowardly lions passes tied down grainer 44Z-29 with a BNSF H2 leader. The yellow nose stands out against the otherwise drab winter colors.
The Lehigh Valley Black Diamond passes a dead in the water black catfish. Manifest 361-25 has to set off on the single track at Dalton. It dogged just over 35 miles from origin due to prioritizi... (more)
With the Lehigh Valley leading, Kansas City, MO-Jacksonville, FL automotive train 285 leans into the curve at the C.P. Norton holdout signal.
With "The Peach" in the background, 153-11 departs Atlanta with a fresh crew returning to Birmingham.
Normally an empty repo symbol, today NS 27W is an uncommon 59 loads of Toyota's from Blue Springs, MS coming off BNSF at Birmingham, exporting through Georgia Port Authority in Brunswick, GA. A n... (more)
One of the Tweety Birds crosses a full Chattahoochee River with an extra train of export Mercedes. A week earlier the river level was somewhere between my feet & knees.
With a short train, I was only able to get this second photo due to MOW causing a slight delay.
The GoRail unit brings New Orleans-Atlanta 298 the last mile into the Atlanta Terminal and Inman Yard.
After meeting manifest 154-20, intermodal 213 is crossing over to pass 153-20. Today's 213 was short and fast, making for a difficult chase.
With the official flower of Houston sprouting in the foreground, the Port 264 Job banks into a curve on the UP Strang Sub, with the PTRA Heritage Unit leading the way. The unit has the current re... (more)
Reminiscent of locomotive consists after the Conrail split, a loaded NS grainer has the N&W Heritage leading FEC 105 & GECX 9043 out of town.
Something different catches the last bit of light in the farmer's fields of Oostanaula, GA.