Phase IV leads a new Siemens in Phase VII paint. Phase IV was brand new when I started taking pictures 30 years ago... cool to see it leading what will soon take over. Reports are that crews wil... (more)
Even if the locomotive may have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down... a great paint scheme makes it all ok. The Honoring Veterans locomotive drags an Inman Yard-Indu... (more)
A couple of uniquely painted motors power an empty Tampa to Bensenville ethanol train, here crossing the large fill climbing out of the Etowah River Valley.
Back to back ethanol trains, both with rare leaders, graced the old Western & Atlantic RR. It felt like railfanning 20 years ago, when CSX trains were often powered by a crayon box of variety.
It's a good day when Canadian Pacific heritage paint leads a train into Atlanta in sweet morning light. It's one of the few positives I'm finding in the CP/KCS merger.