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From December 1992 at Lane, SC on the former Atlantic Coast Line mainline, sentinels of railway safety protect the track ahead. This classic ACL signal bridge and its signals were recently removed with the coming of newer technology.

Witches hat turreted roof on former Seaboard railroad station at Hamlet, NC [Kodachrome, 1991, Nikon N2020 Body, Nikkor 50mm Lens]

North Carolina Transportation Museum shot of a track lining done the old skool way by the Buckingham Lining Gang. The Foreman would call out rhythmic chants in song and the cadence of his voice would set all of the men moving their lining bars in unison, combining their strength to move the...

February 1995 at Spencer, NC [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020 Body]

A menacing gargoyle is ready to pounce from the upper reaches of the former Southern Railway station in Salisbury, NC. [Kodachrome, 1991, Nikon N2020]

N&W 611 marches north through Fort Mill, SC on a November 1991 fantrip from Columbia, SC to Charlotte, NC and return.

From December 1993, we're at the north end of Parker's Ferry, SC siding about 30 Miles south of Charleston on the former Atlantic Coast Line mainline. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]

WRofA freight station in Montgomery, AL

From March of 1990 in Montgomery, AL, a tired former L&N GP-38-2 is in need of care.

From October 1996 at Trinidad, CO, Santa Fe "warbonnets" await a fresh crew. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]

I suppose my slide scanner purchase was timely, in view of our state's "Stay At Home" directive. As a result of the Coronavirus, I can't go out to railfan, but can instead enjoy some old memories as I digitize my collection. This shot is a favorite, taken in Knoxville, TN in October 1978 in an...

April 1989, N&W 611 at Attalla, AL en route from Birmingham, AL to Chattanooga, TN. [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

In November of 1990, NS ran 1218 a Saturday and Sunday trip from Birmingham, AL to Columbus, GA and back. My wife and I chased it one day and rode it the next. When reading an old Trains Magazine from the '50s, I discovered a photo of a trestle at Goodwater, AL on the train's route, so my wife...

Tuscaloosa also hosted an ICG yard which was frozen in time and often without people. It made for some good, unhurried picture taking.

Just a handful of Kodachromes from the early '80s at Tuscaloosa, AL. All were shot with a Nikon EL-2 body. The first two are on the SOU mainline, with Amtrak's Crescent at the long-abandoned tower where the GM&O crossed. SOU then provided a fine looking freight.

Cheney Railroad's diminutive 44-Tonner sets out a boxcar for interchange near Pinson, AL in April 1990. Sadly, the rails have since been removed and the line is gone.

Norfolk Southern's 13th Street Tower in Birmingham, AL was still hooping up orders in the time-honored tradition in November 1985. The former SOU and L&N mainlines crossed here. The tower has since been razed.

From September 1990, an SOU GP-30 returns from Montgomery to Autauga Creek, AL. I somehow recall that I had to be in to work early this day, but thought to carry the Nikon along. Thankfully there was just enough morning light.

Returning to July 1981, we're at Hudson, OH with what looks like an empty iron ore train returning from Pittsburgh to the docks at Cleveland for another load. This line is former Pennsylvania Railroad. I miss seeing cabooses and the human side of railroading, such as seen at the Hudson depot...

Took a step back from the wayback machine yesterday and snagged a shot of NS Train 192 near Killian, SC. It was overcast, but the low light was actually welcome because I would have otherwise been shooting into the sun at this location. Those darn utility line markers drive me crazy. There...