Already on the Ft Benning reservation, the return leg of the six-days-a-week Richland-Columbus turn is dropping down the hill just north of Sand Hill siding where military trains are loaded and un... (more)

Seaboard Sysem GP16 #4754, U18B #259 and GP30 #1390 lead long distance local train #510. Seaboard System GP16 #4754 was built June 1951 as Atlantic Coast Line GP7 #215 and later became Seaboard C... (more)

Nice to catch one of the ex-Monon, ex-L&N units in this short lived scheme.

Ex-Monon as evidenced by the AAR B trucks. L&Ns had FB-2 type. This is a number in the CSX series.

The every-day-but-Sunday turn between Richland and Columbus is northbound at Georgia Highway 26 and about to enter the vast grounds of Fort Benning. SCL, FL and SS schemes are on display this day.

Strangers in the night A flagman signals the night sky with his lantern before dismounting and walking along the tracks while the silhouette of his conductor is seen in the cupola of a form... (more)

Seaboard System GP40 #6811 was built September 1967 as Louisville & Nashville #3015 and later became CSX #6811. After leaving CSX roster, unit was rebuilt into GP40M-2 and became Cotton Belt (SSW... (more)

Seaboard System U30C #1578 was built August 1971 as Louisville & Nashville #1578 and later became CSX #7272

Seaboard System SD40-2 #8148 was built September 1981 as Louisville & Nashville #8148 and later became CSX #8148

Seaboard System B30-7 was built March 1980 as Seaboard Coast Line #5505

Seaboard System GP7 #2340 was built April 1951 as Louisville & Nashville #501, later re# L&N 451, then re# L&N 2340 prior to formation of Seaboard System

Seaboard System SW7 #2249 was built March 1950 as Louisville & Nashville #2249

Seaboard System C30-7 #7088 leads a Florida manifest train past the north end of the siding. Seaboard System C30-7 #7088 was built in November 1981 as Seaboard Coast Line #7088 and later became C... (more)

Higher horsepower B-Bs did show up on the Richland-Columbus line, but this pair of U18Bs bracketing a GP16 is an absolutely typical power set for the mid 1980s hereabouts.

Seaboard System C30-7 #7016 leads a Florida bound coal train past the north end of the siding. Seaboard System C30-7 #7016 was built in March 1979 as Seaboard Coast Line #7016 and later became CS... (more)