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I hope so too. A friend just sent me photos of geeps he saw in KCS gray. I didn't know these were still to be found. Being older and of lesser HP, I'm guessing these don't venture off KCS rails. We had a CP heritage unit pass through here in the last week, but it was a mid-train helper and...

Referencing my thought above about the rarity of Kansas City Southern locomotives in the Carolinas, guess what appeared in my lens this overcast day? Yep, two KCS units on the point of NS 242. In decades of rail photography, I've never before seen one. I was pleased to be able to include some...

Thanks for the reminder @Marilynne . Without you, I'd never remember to do this. The D5100 is now current. (y) Some years ago someone on a railfan forum took me to task for even bothering with it, asking "who cares"? I do! Noting the times when trains pass through helps my odds in finding...

Thank you. We get a lot of UP on the NS, but BNSF is somewhat more difficult to find. I'd like to capture a KCS unit before the CP takes over the road, but they're really hard to find here. 👀

Hooray -- I finally got a picture of a BNSF unit leading a train this afternoon. Here's the 3702 in command of NS 15R north of Blythewood, SC. [Nikon D5100]

From 08/14/1999 at Camak, GA on the former Georgia Railroad. The branchline to Macon, GA left the main here.

Ah, that's very clever. :giggle:

They're eyeballs - they move left and right. Don't know what happens when a train is coming though.

Milwaukee Road train order signal at Elgin, IL, 07/25/1975. These were used to notify train crews of written orders affecting their trains. These have disappeared from the railroad scene today in favor of radio technology. Even pole lines as seen have become a memory. [Nikkormat FTn, Plus-X film]

This is a Dwarf Signal, at ground level so that switchmen and crews working in close quarters can see signal aspects more easily. Numeric plates on signals often reference their milepost location. This shot from about 1974 is near MP 24 on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern RR. [Nikkormat FTn]

Thanks @Bikerbrent and @crashton . About five years ago I found an old searchlight signal still in service on CSX as an "Approach" signal with its APP marker. I like the evening light and how well the amber signal aspect shows in it. Getting geeky, a signal equipped with an “APP” marker on...

Today's CSX Train L645 at Elgin, SC in the overcast. This is on the former Seaboard mainline; we're 336 miles from Richmond, VA. I wish those durned approach-lit signals would illuminate sooner! I'd hoped to have a nice spot of red in the shot. :confused:

From Saturday's car show, a Yugo! Knowing of the Yugo's storied reputation for mechanical deficiency, I asked the owner what the most common failure is. He smiled and said, "Everything." 😄

From today's car show. If you guessed Volkswagen, you'd be right. (y)

My (older) 18-55 AF has a switch on the side where AF can be turned on and off. Not sure about yours, but you may want to check. My D5100 slows with its shutter releases too and it's because the buffer within the camera is small and it fills up quickly, especially so in difficult light situations.

You and I think the same! :giggle:

I miss the "per diem" boxcars from the 1970s that were seen everywhere back then, colorful and graffiti free. Took this picture of one month old LEF&C 1290 at Knoxville, TN on 03/31/1979. Sadly, the little 15 mile railroad called it quits in 1993. :( [Nikon EL-2, Kodachrome]

From 11/08/1992 at Lugoff, SC, Train 464 makes its way north on the former Seaboard main line. The 5579 is a GE B30-7. The last of these were retired from the CSX roster in late 2009. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]

From early this afternoon at Little Mountain SC, a lone unit just crusin' south. I'd set up with great anticipation and, well ..... . There's a nice picture to be made here, with a long straight in dappled morning light, but it'll have to wait for another day. [D5100]

While the tracks in the foreground look bad, they're isolated from any connection and no longer used. There's some kind of museum there, but it's by appointment only. :( You are so right about shabby looking locomotives these days. Once a source of pride, few of them receive any sort of wash...