Three cabooses on the Durbin and Greenbrier Railroad sit at the Durbin station after the return trip powered by 3-Truck Heisler steam locomotive number 6. The last two cabooses were picked up on t... (more)
Riding in the open air flat car right behind the Steam 3-Truck Heisler Durbin Rocket number 6 was quite an experience, including looking down at the couplers as we "highballed" north at ... (more)
Fall trees color the hills of West Virginia as the Durbin Rocket number 6 brings train 100 towards the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure.
Ex Illinois Central 101 sits at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western facility in Candor. What a surprise it was for me to turn the corner and see this beauty sitting there!
Aberdeen, Carolina & Western 6926 and 6910 sit at the small diesel service area in Star, North Carolina.
Happy Halloween from Aberdeen The staff at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western have decorated ACWR GP-7 896 and cars for Halloween.
Happy Halloween from Aberdeen The staff at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western have decorated ACWR GP-7 896 and cars for Halloween. I liked the spider on top of the car, while m... (more)
A colorful lashup, consisting of ex Illinois Central 101, ex Alaska RR 30, ex Iowa Pacific 540, ex CN 5548 and ex CN 5527, sit outside the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western shop in Candor, North Caroli... (more)
The fireman for the Durbin Rocket, led by Steam 3-Truck Heisler number 6, uses the top of the broom handle to press down on a valve and release steam before the train departs.
The Durbin Rocket, led by Steam 3-Truck Heisler number 6, pulls into the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure. The color of the fall trees made for a very memorable and scenic... (more)
UP 5751 leads UP 9618 and an eastbound manifest up the Tehachapi grade at Woodford.
Atlantic Coast Line SW7 number 648 could use a little touch up on the paint as it idles outside the Cemex Sand Mine near Davenport, Florida.
Construction continues on the second bridge across the Eau Gallie Creek as FEC 715 leads rock train FEC 336 north over the new bridge in Melbourne, Florida. You can see parts of the old bridge th... (more)
New Cemex 4 pushes a string of cars towards the Cemex Facility at City Point. For being a rather small switch engine, it has a lot of power.
SP 8552 leads a hot intermodal west through the town of Tehachapi a few days after Thanksgiving.