NS 198 is the southbound half of what may be the most important pair of trains on this stretch of line, but it still has to cool its heels at Smithville until second class train C87 - headed from... (more)

The NS (Central of Georgia) turn to Lafayette (Trains 7/8 in pre-CSX days) used about two miles of rights over the CSX (Western Railway of Alabama) between Opelika and Roanoke Junction. Here, #7 ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

When completed in 1833, the 136-mile Charleston & Hamburg was the longest railroad in the world. By 1977 most activity on the Charleston end had shifted away from these tracks in the downtown are... (more)

A Roger Puta photograph

A Roger Puta photograph

A rare SOU NW5 was in the storage dead line at Southern Railway Chattanooga facility

As a carload of excursion riders looks on, one of the Southern’s B23-7’s stands on a side track in Manassas, waiting for Monday to get back to work.

Alexandria Action 2 –The Southern Crescent is eight miles into its 1154 mile, 25 hour journey to New Orleans as it rolls out of Alexandria’s passenger station. An empty excursion train lead by... (more)

Engine Change. We are in South Amboy, New Jersey in 1982, but these locomotives could very well have made a similar hand-off of the Southern Crescent in Washington, DC in years past. After the S... (more)

The fall colors are in their full splendor on the famous Saluda grade, as the classic Southern Railway 28 milepost sign sees yet another season pass with no rail activity.

Built July 1950 as Georgia & Florida 72.

AGS F7, beat up and tired during its last year of service. Still looking proud and good. Railroading!

Southern freight on the former CofG at Arlington, GA with a pair of upgraded F3's and what appears to be some variety of GP38. The pulpwood and woodchips were probably on their way to the Chattaho... (more)