I am about to run out of light on a December afternoon as a westbound train enters Sylacauga behind a GP38-2, two GP30s and a GP35.

In 1974, the Southern/Western Railway of Alabama crossing in Opelika was still first come, first served. On this spring day long-range local 45 gets their man to the crossing first, so WofA local... (more)

Southern's tuxedo color scheme looked good on a lot of models, but I always thought it worked best on high-nose GEs, like U23B 3942, seen here trying dodge the Georgia sun by squeezing under the o... (more)

Maybe 9,500hp worth of GP30s and 35s is not the ideal set-up for unit coal service, but it worked for many years for Southern.

Arguably the best train-watching spot in Macon was the area behind Terminal Station where the main from Atlanta joined the former CofG lines from eastern Georgia at a spot called Macon Junction. ... (more)

The late afternoon sun blows up the Scotchlite numbers and letters on 3994 as it crosses above Jackson Avenue. A couple of noteworthy structures are included in the photo. In the distance is Cam... (more)

I played 'catch the sun' all weekend on one of my few trips to Tuscaloosa way back when. As the Crescent rolled in from Birmingham, it was overcast as heck. A few minutes later, a brief sweet sp... (more)

A Precision National Leasing SD24, still in Southern paint, leads five other units on a Milwaukee Road train at Bensenville, Illinois. This was during the power shortage after bankruptcy and a m... (more)

Newer, more powerful EMDs and GEs were around by 1985, but I bet this crew was still pretty happy to see that their ride would be a trio of SD40-2s. Here, they are slowing to a stop to allow a tr... (more)

This is a pretty good snapshot of much of the countryside of southwest Georgia - gently rolling terrain covered with pine trees and dotted with modest frame houses, and of branchline operations of... (more)

Three SD40-2s and a GP38-2 swing to the right and off the New Orleans main as they start their trip to north Alabama and then on to Memphis. Just ahead at 27th Street interlocking they will cross... (more)

Southern EMD E8 6910 and an E7A are westbound at Blue Ridge with the TENNESSEAN in my father's photograph. My color slide of this same train passing beneath the bridge is also on this website. The... (more)

A southbound freight - so close to Brosnan Yard the crew can smell it - has to cool its heels in the Arkwright passing track as a northbound intermodal roars by behind three B36-7s - half of South... (more)

All 3 of Southerns GP40X`s lead 144 @ Chattanooga Tn

A matched trio of Southern Railway GP50s hurry a hot shot freight up the Washington Division on a bitterly cold mid-winter morning. The undulating terrain of the Northern Virginia Piedmont is clea... (more)