As the sun begins to brighten the horizon, train P57 prepares to depart Inman Yard in Atlanta, with GP60 #7139 leading the Marco Polo Pullman car and the Southern heritage unit, bound for a day of... (more)

Led by the Southern and Norfolk and Western heritage units, Norfolk Southern train 209 passes through “the Gulch” in downtown Atlanta, moving intermodal equipment from Atlanta’s Inman Yard t... (more)

Sometimes just hanging out trackside for a little while longer brings success. I was about to call it a day as I had flown from Australia the day before and was rather jet lagged. I thought I wou... (more)

On Monday, I decided to spend this afternoon down on the Transcon, so I ran down to Emporia to see what I could come up with. Sure enough, the NS 8099 came rolling through with this westbound grai... (more)

The Southern Rwy. heritage unit leads Norfolk Southern train 20T east through Gallitzin, Pa past a westbound empty autorack train. 20T is about to enter the tunnel at Gallitzin and begin its desce... (more)

NS's Southern Railway heritage unit leads an oil train through Finley with industrial structures in the background.

"Reflections of the Southern Railway" At the close of a beautiful spring evening in Central Kentucky, engineer Don Trimble eases southbound train 289 through Delaplain, KY under the l... (more)

Intermodal train 20W glides downgrade on track two at Horseshoe Curve, near Altoona, Pennsylvania, led by the Southern Railway heritage unit, ES44AC #8099. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more in... (more)

The Southern Railway heritage unit leads mixed freight train 111 past the old Southern depot in Spring City, Tennessee, nearing the end of its journey from Kansas City to Chattanooga. Photo by Ca... (more)

8099 passes PRR signals near Portage.

"Southern" 8099 exits the tunnel portal at "North Tunnel", underneath Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain. The heritage ES44AC led today's "21st Century Steam" excursion from the Tennessee Valley Rail... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "Southern" heritage unit, ES44AC #8099, leads excursion train #957 south past the historic Southern Railway depot in Ft. Payne, Alabama on a rainy Spring morning. Ft. Payne is t... (more)

The Southern Heritage Unit leads an empty bulk oil train to the oil fields of North Dakota.

The Southern heritage unit demonstrates how "The Southern Serves The South" as it leads a loaded soybean train through Kewanee, Mississippi, on a nice autumn afternoon, bound for New Orleans. Pho... (more)