Six units, all EMD spartan cabs, lug a southbound manifest up the grade through Vandervoort on a warm September day. Lashups of classic units like these leading trains over a stiff mountain grade ... (more)

KCS 615 and 4 other SD40s, including two MRL units, uncouple from a local to do some switching in Stillwell. Note the Sinclair gas station, an increasingly rare sight in the US.

KCS 752 hauls a southbound manifest out from under the shadow of the Ozark Mountains.

KCS 752 and 624 fly past a farm, deep in the heart of the Ozarks in rural eastern Oklahoma.

UP 9377 races through the Louisiana woods, easily making train speed. In a few minutes, however, the fast ride will be over as the dispatcher stabs the train because of traffic around Shreveport.

With the sun low in the Louisiana sky, UP 9377 and NS 3183 are reflected in a small pond as they back their train into Sibley siding.

With trains coming at them, the dispatcher forced UP 9377 to back into Sibley siding. The signal is always lit to tell crews whether the switch is lined for the main or for the siding, as seen her... (more)

TFM 1436 bursts out of one of two tunnels in downtown Vicksburg, and begins its decent to the yard and the Mississippi River bridge.