“Get them while they are fresh!” My railfanning day was dominated by GE AC44C6M leaders. However, as mentioned in an earlier post, I have really enjoyed photographing these units with some ... (more)

As the clouds lift, and the moon peaks through the darkness, NS 826 breaks the silence of a snow covered Coopers WV, over the duration of a 15 second exposure.

A 2 and a half second exposure shows NS 41N picking up speed as it exits the Coopers tunnel and crosses the massive trestle at Coopers. Making its way towards of Elkhorn Tunnel, just as the sun di... (more)

Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 heads westbound through Oakley, IL.

NS 9585 at Carlsbad, NM.

On a cold, dark and somewhat snowy December evening, Norfolk Southern SD40-2 #6173 still wearing it's non horsehead paint scheme, leads Train D91 eastbound in the siding at Tolono, IL. preparing t... (more)

An eastbound manifest grinds up the west slope at the junction of the South Fork Secondary on the last Friday of 2023.

Getting Underway. Led by an NS Dash 9, which once wandered the countryside in mighty herds but now is nearly extinct, this CSX special movement pulls a Siemens generator out of Cayce yard ... (more)

Charlotte-Kings Mountain local P43 passes the Southern-era intermediates at Bessemer City. The train worked an industry just north of the prior signal and crept the few miles at restricted speed ... (more)

It’s the last Friday of the year as Norfolk Southern Train 289 wastes no time through Berryville, Virginia. The Croxton, NJ to Rossville, TN stack train is moments from holding up traffic on Vir... (more)

A late NS #282 departs Atlanta while CSX Q028 rolls through Howell Tower in the background, both destined for Chicago

NS 951 (OCS) in Concord on its way back from the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, GA

Generator Movement. Running on foreign rails, an increasingly rare NS Dash 9 pulls a Siemens generator and its companion caboose down the Columbia sub, which otherwise does not see very mu... (more)

A timely heads up from my dad from further up the road gave me time to get trackside to catch Chamblee - East Point turn G71 behind GP40-2 #3032 leading three SD40-2's, two GP60's and one GP38-2.

In the rich late afternoon sunlight a westbound intermodal peeks around a curve out in the country between two leftovers of a bygone era. Now that's what a whistle post should look like.