a trio of BNSF AC4400CW's has this empty Scherer coal train in the wind as it blasts through Chewacla (Royal City)

a single BNSF unit leads NS Roadrailer train 245 through downtown Cordele; the signal in the background protects the interlocker with the CSX Fitzgerald Subdivision

Scherer coal loads just east of Sheffield

GSMR's ex-US Army/Reader Baldwin Consolidation 1702 leads an excursion out of Dillsboro to Bryson City along the scenic Tuckasegee River; the locomotive has been in the shop for firebox work since... (more)

one of my favorite catches of last year, NS 3180 and 1584, a pair of straight SD40's, lead A41 on a clear winter day

a sharp-looking, recently repainted UP motor and a CSX high rail truck congregate at the interlocker

Q145 goes in at Macon Siding; New Orleans - Atlanta intermodal trains Q144/5 and Q192/3 have not run up the West Point Route since Hurricane Katrina, being rerouted to the north

the Cresco water tank can be seen behind the 487 as the excursion train enters Colorado from New Mexico during the long climb up Cumbres Pass; to see the shot with the tank in it, see photo 74140

time for a break from my usual chronological procession of photos... here, former Denver and Rio Grande Western Mikado 487 storms up the grade through “The Narrows” on the narrow gauge Cumbres... (more)

westbound Scherer coal empties occasionally get routed up the former CofG; here, a single faded and ragged-looking SD70MAC leads a long string of brand new, barely used RWSX hoppers through Opelik... (more)

behind the GP40-2 is an eight-axle, 200-ton flat car (DRGW 80016) with a refrigerated container for hauling Titan IV solid rocket fuel; thanks to those who commented and helped identify it

Q545 heads south, passing union station and its train shed (now an office building and covered parking lot, respectively); the rear of the train is visible on the other side of the Alabama River d... (more)

M712 eases into the former L&N yard, the north end of which is surrounded by landfills, hence the lack of typical suburban development so close to downtown

Q617 passes Collins Farm in the countryside north of Opelika

having just met Q128 at Athens, Q647 accelerates south past harvested cotton fields in the flat Tennessee River floodplain