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From last month at Chattanooga, a coal train skirts along past NS's DeButts Yard on CSX's "W&A", a vital line for the Confederacy in the...

Tiny! Quite the antithesis of Union Pacific's "Big Boy" as seen here courtesy of @BF Hammer and @nikonbill's Nikonites posts in June...

Here is Gypsy number 8 a custom logging locomotive

Porto 172 - Built and operated in Porto Portugal was designed by J.G. Brill Co. of Philadelphia. It was transported to the US in 1967...

Wow, the scale of your work is something to behold. Best not to leave a tool behind! I'm guessing this is not in the U.S.? I see no...

D3300 and 18-55 kit and 55-200kit lenses. A day at work for me. This is a 777-200ER. We are changing the nose cowl due to some wear /...

One day later, I still have not bought a lens. But I did just buy a PC. :D A refurbished Lenovo tiny desktop from Woot (a deal of the...

Had to purchase a car as our meet an untimely demise. Certainly could do without the payments. :( Haven't had house or car payment for...

Upon arrival, they turned the locomotives on a track arrangement known as a "wye" to properly position them for a nightime departure on...

Yes, it was an amazing sight and quite a challenge to await its arrival and pursue photography in 98 Deg. heat! Worth it tho. It's the...

All nice and fresh

Friday at Wako Saw this fish hanging from the tree. Zoomed and saw the Anhinga bill. It went behind the pond apple tree and I heard a...

I finally paid off my car loan 10 days ago, and I have my home equity line of credit down to where I will pay off in days. But I came...

Specially painted locomotives celebrating the USA's 250th birthday collected at the North Carolina Transportation Museum for a public...