The engineer heats up a few brake shoes as he brings the southbound Southern Crescent to a stop in Tuscaloosa.

The D&R turn is not moving fast, but it is moving. Yeah, this guy will probably make it with time to spare. Unless he trips or blows a hammy or something. But that stuff never happens. Note th... (more)

Burlington had lots of big, fast, busy lines in Illinois, but they also had an extensive web of branches. One such branch ran from connections with both mains just west of Aurora over to the Quad... (more)

By the mid 1980s, through traffic on MKT's St Louis line was down to one or two trains in each direction most days. At Eve, Katy had a long fill that lifted their line over the KCS mainline. Aft... (more)

The low angle of the late afternoon sun lights up the cigar band on 5498's nose as it barrels past the old wooden Cotton Belt depot. The depot has since been removed, and the scene modernized (st... (more)

Back in the 2000s, the Claremore turn rain most days with 5-7 unit lash-ups that usually included multiple models and paint schemes.

A broken rail stopped activity for a couple hours, but the MOW guys have finished their work, and are watching as the engineer eases S1 18 over the patch.

The devil's diesel eases up to the yard office at Manchester.

Other than on unit trains, use of DPUs was slow to come to the Van Buren Sub, but these days they're finally showing up on just about every 'big' train.

Displaced from the 'big' road trains, the C420s still take care of most everything else on the A&M. Late in the afternoon, 56 is climbing out of the Arkansas River valley as it returns to the Ft ... (more)

A scene of a sb freight nearing the NS crossing contains a few archaic elements, like the SCL and L&N work train cars, and the trackside phone box.

A southbound freight (314 or 336 if memory serves) passes Union Station just after leaving S&NA Yard, the L&N facility shared by SCL after they closed their own Montgomery yard in the 1960s. I ca... (more)

The Amqui agent stays in the shade as he hands up orders to the rear end man on a Louisville-bound train.

Bright, white 4221 moves a caboose to its spot at the end of an outbound train.

The sun is below the horizon as a trio of SDs roar through Goodwater, the low light causing a Kodachrome 'blow-out' of 3230's headlight. An SD24 and an SD35 trail the Dash-2.