Serpentine might be the word. Winding along the cliffs beside the French Broad River a passenger train chartered by the Lexington Group is nearing their destination in Asheville.

Winding along the cliffs beside the French Broad River a passenger train chartered by the Lexington Group is nearing their destination in Asheville.

As the matching Maroon OCS heads south behind a 4 pack of NS “Tuxedo” F Units, the sun starts to pop above the horizon.

On a warm spring day in Charlotte, NS 952, the office car special, approaches the crossing at Charlotte Junction led by Norfolk Southern's immaculate A-B-B-A set of F9s.

One of the executive F-units from Burlington Northern's business train basks in the March sunshine at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Locomotives:
BN-1 F9A

Erie Mining F9 4212 passes the fire station at Taconite Harbor in September of 1987. Most of the train is still unloading ore at the facility there. Although much of the rail is still in place, it... (more)

Share The Road! Norfolk Southern's 2011 Master's Golf Tournament OCS completes its last leg of its journey from Altoona, PA to Augusta, GA for the annual event that the city is known for al... (more)

“Suits on Sand Patch”
CSX P908-16 is eastbound at Brackens on CSX’s Main Line Subdivision at 11:21 a.m. on 10/17/1990, while on Track 1 a trailer train climbs the east slope of San... (more)

Two E9s and an SD70AH lead a sharp looking passenger consist for the Union Pacific Museum. It can be seen here passing through Valley, Nebraska on a beautiful summer afternoon.

Street Sweeping With A Pair Of F9's. A year ago today SC&MB’s SC 1101 led as the traction motor blowers on both F-units swept up the dust on the street creating a dust storm along Walker Stre... (more)

Glenwood Canyon, Colorado has several short railroad tunnels along the Rio Grande main line. Here the Rio Grande Zephyr emerges from one of them.

LTV/Erie 4210 leans into a curve as it prepares to descend into Taconite Harbor with a loaded train in June of 2000. I wonder if this line will ever see a train again?

Almost time to say goodbye to the SC&MB and the handsome streamliners. My wife and I were in Watsonville this morning for breakfast and we dropped by the SC&MB coach yard to visit. A new operator ... (more)

After dumping their load of Taconite, or perhaps it was raw iron ore, in a waiting lake boat 4212 accelerates towards home and what we hope would be another round trip to the harbor. While we had ... (more)