The Blue Ridge Scenic excursion train from Blue Ridge nears its destination to McCaysville. GP18 8705 still in its Georgia Northeastern scheme was originally built for the NKP.

This Mid-Atlantic unit is an alumnus of Norfolk & Western. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A&R 300 is a GP18 that was built new for the Aberdeen & Rockfish in August, 1963. 61 years later, it remains in service.

A shortline unit that wears the original scheme, was bought new by its owner and is still working after so many years is rare indeed. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Starting as one of L&N tiny fleet of the model, through SBD, then CSX this unit has wound up on a struggling shortline. It must have not lasted long as I never saw it again.

The early 90s was the golden age of passenger excursions on the NYS&W. One such excursion was this Mountaineer Limited which was appropriately sponsored by the New York Ontario & Western H... (more)

East Penn's Perkiomen job does some switching at Emmaus after working the NS interchange. Both units assigned to the "Perk" (former Reading Perkiomen Branch) were needed on this day. I... (more)

The sun is setting on a frigid January day as NYS&W WS-1 approaches the State Street crossing in Hackensack with two newsprint boxcars in tow. These cars were once a common sight on area railroad... (more)

GP18 and GP35 team-up to power the westbound local. GP18 178 was the last diesel put into service by an independent CofG before the Southern takeover in June 1963.

Former Mid-Atlantic Railroad 958 is on one end of a Carolina Southern passenger excursion back in 2004. Waccamaw Coast Line 943 is on the far end. Both locomotives were former Norfolk & Western EM... (more)

In 2006, a Carolina Southern Railroad train pulls into Conway, South Carolina with a fair-sized freight and three vintage locomotives. Things look a lot different on this old piece of railroading ... (more)

EMD GP18 #7007 standing by in front of Rumo Maintenance Facilities. This is the last one still operating in Brazil.

The former Araraquara RR EMD GP18 #7007 standing by in front of Rumo Maintenance Facilities. This is the last one of this model still operating in Brazil.

The initial stages of CFRC construction were contracted, in part, to Pinsly's Florida Central, which handled ballast and rail trains to construct SunRail. This is one such Herzog ballast train he... (more)

The crew of NYS&W LF-2 works the MC Yard with a three-unit consist that includes a GP18, B23-7 and GP20. This mix of units was typically found in local service on the Southern Division during thi... (more)