Westbound on the "Texas line" with a pair of SD50's.
A short Q664 drags up the 3.2% slide, taking a shortcut out of Tilford past a T35905 changing crews.
The Atlanta to Jefferson, GA manifest rolls north through Statham after meeting two southbound trains at Harper Siding just a little over a mile down the line.
Westbound empty autorack Q249 comes into Harpers Ferry behind a standard cab EMD, a welcome site for any busy mainline in 2014. The sun was even gracious enough to pop out for this one train of th... (more)
Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow I was heading out for my N-scale club meeting when I noticed that some sun was shiny through the storm clouds, decided to grab my camera and do a quick... (more)
SD50's lead westbound Q137 out of Falls Cut Tunnel as the train crosses Wills Creek on its climb up the East Slope of Sand Patch Grade.
After doing a pick-up at Brunswick Yard, Philly to Cumberland Q373 begins to pull off the north lead after waiting for two other westbounds to go by.
Another strange lashup on CSX, Q138 pulled by and SD50 and an SD80MAC!
Q296 waits for the Amtrak Capitol Limited to cross over ahead at Weverton.
CSX Q125 whips by Nickajack Lake at sunset.
Normal power for this auto train on the Memphis sub was a pair of SD50s, but today a lone SD50 is assisted by an ex-BN SD40-2 and a CSX SD40-2.