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Freight trains do move on schedules, but they're generally not firm like passenger train schedules and are not available to the public. I carry a railroad radio scanner to help out, but the transmissions can sometimes be confusing depending on train density, familiarity with the area and train...

This morning's CSX L647 rolling south at Camden, SC. A somewhat backlit shot, but it was best to be out before the summer heat cranked up. Typical eastern railroad scene with overgrown vegetation encroaching everywhere. I often stomp down tall weeds, but I'd need power equipment to take down...

Today's picture is of a Jersey Central caboose that's 160 times smaller than the real thing, i.e. N Scale. The caboose is 2-3/8" long. I had some fun with this picture, taking it with my late father's Nikkor f/3.5 55mm Macro (circa 1970) coupled to my D5100. It's such a sweet lens and is as...

The summer heat and humidity have kept the D5100 shelved, but my train addiction finally won and I sweated out a wait for Norfolk Southern grain train 50V this afternoon.

Braved the heat and humidity this morning to grab a quick shot of Train L624 readying to depart Columbia, SC. The train is a "turn", working industries along a line, then returning home on the same route in the evening.

Helping to keep our air conditioners running, coal train 786 from today with a helper adding some muscle on the rear.

Today's trains 12R and 15R with faded UP leader and trailing BNSF unit.

Wow, that's a breathtaking fare, about $4/Minute. :cool: Back in '83 I paid $50 for a 120 Mile day trip with friends from Newark, NJ to Bay Head, NJ and return aboard Lehigh Valley 353, built 1916. We had a fine time that day; here we are at Bay Head. Pullman Clover Colony ahead of LV 353...

There, cell tower gone! :o

Today's Silver Meteor ran seven hours late in daylight and as good luck would have it, the train carried private car Chapel Hill. Built in 1922, she was acquired by the Chesapeake & Ohio as a business car in 1937. I should edit out that confounded cell tower .......

Norfolk Southern has been borrowing a lot of Union Pacific power lately. Here's this afternoon's 15R at Blythewood, SC, with a trailing Canadian Pacific unit thrown in for good measure. Clouds moved in to darken the shot, but it was nice to be trackside.

I love little cars. I'm not sure I'd fit in this one, but I'll bet it's a blast to drive. Fiat 500 Abarth. VW Beetle ... lowered.

Fiat 500 Abarth. Not sure why the owner removed the chrome trim that surrounded the logo and the slot on the grille, looks unfinished.

Also found a real deal GT40. I might have some of the details confused, but the owner said that it was originally acquired by a company that bought Ford's inventory of GT40s, parts and drawings when Ford exited Le Mans racing. This car did not race at Le Mans (which by the way is this...

From this morning's Cars & Coffee, a Dodge Charger R/T with "Tick Tock Tach". :cool:

Happened to catch Columbia, SC's "celebrity" high hood GP-38-2 #5004 this morning as it returned on local turn P77. NS's high hood geeps are becoming increasingly hard to find. It's been working the yard, so has been difficult to capture in a photo.

Thank you. Yes, 238 handles everything it seems, with today's train including ballast, some stacks (20D is the line's primary stack train), baretables and tank cars. 238 makes for a better picture than 18D which is solid graffiti-covered auto racks. When I arrived, I found the entire...

Today's 238 at Hopkins, SC, destined for Charleston. I'd been wanting this shot for a while, as I like the composition with the old jointed light rail sidetrack. South Carolina's flat "lowcountry" makes this a very fast piece of railroad.

Caught today in gloomy overcast on the former SAL main in SC, another very late northbound combined Silver Star/Silver Meteor. My D5100 has always struggled to fire in poor light when set to continuous shooting mode and this shot was no exception. The first shot was blurry because it had...

Today's 238 featured NS 4000 on the point, the road's first AC44C6M DC to AC conversion unit, as completed in 2015. NS took the time to paint the first handful with gray carbodies and blue, yellow and black noses.