The quietness fulfilling this small town scene is broken by the scream of an increasingly rare SD90MAC in the lead of northbound intermodal 222 as it treks north toward Charlotte.
Smoke from wildfires burning in northern Pickens County and western North Carolina has swallowed the south, obscuring what otherwise would have been a crystal clear day. Just after sunset, NS 057 ... (more)
The third and final run of the day on the Canon City and Royal Gorge Railway passes a mean looking cactus as it approaches Parkdale at the west end of Colorado's Royal Gorge where the train will s... (more)
Rolling just a few minutes behind schedule, Amtrak's fall foliage special glides north out of Toccoa through the pines of northeast Georgia as it heads back to Spencer.
Just after the power ran around the train in downtown Toccoa, Amtrak 010, the fall foliage special, prepares to roll north to Spencer. A few colorful leaves enhanced the views in Toccoa, but north... (more)