TRAIN CHASERS

04/06/2025

Norfolk Southern has created another beautiful Heritage Unit for the collection. What do you think of it?

6/4/25 - This uncredited photo is making its rounds online. Better photos to come, we’re sure.

17/05/2025

This is awesome!

15/05/2025

Amtrak Crescent #20 ( New Orleans, LA - New York, NY ) makes a northbound run by the N&W Roanoke Division Model Railroad headquarters in Central, SC tonight with the Amtrak Day One Heritage Unit leading the charge. Amtrak locomotive #301 is a Siemens ALC-42 Charger locomotive that was built to replace the current GE P42 Genesis locomotives that have been running for past 33 years. These locomotives are still running the system today until their days come to an end for good. If you see any Amtrak trains with the P42 Genesis on them, get your photos while you still can. The photo was taken early Thursday morning at 2:20 AM EDT ( 05/15/2025 ).

12/05/2025

Amtrak Crescent #19 ( New York, NY - New Orleans, LA ) speeds through Central, SC after having problems up north with what looks too be a locomotive due too one locomotive operating the train today. Today, we see AMTK #355 ALC-42 Charger leading the Crescent this morning heading for New Orleans, LA under cloudy skies on this cool could Monday morning ( 05/12/2025 ).

01/05/2025

Not looking good for us model railroaders!

30/04/2025

After seeing NS 282 with the TAG Route Heritage Unit leading for the time on the NS Greenville District, the unit makes a comeback on a northbound manifest. Here, we see NS 154 ( Irondale, AL - Linwood, NC ) making a northbound run in Norris, SC with the NS #4851 GE AC44C6M ( Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Railway ) Heritage Unit leading once again heading for Linwood, SC. Photos were taken on Friday ( 04/25/2025 ).

28/04/2025

After our visit to Chattanooga, TN, we head north the state of Virginia to see an NS Heritage Unit leading a westbound manifest. To start off the chase, we head for Glade Spring, VA on the NS Pulaski District ( former Norfolk & Western Railway ) line between Walton, VA, and Bristol, VA/TN. The train of the day was NS 15T ( Allentown, PA - Irondale, AL ) with the NS #8099 GE ES44AC ( Southern Railway ) Heritage Unit leading the way along with the NS #9860 GE Dash9-44CW trailing 2nd. This was a great catch to finish the off the weekend . Photos were taken on Sunday (04/27/2025 ).

28/04/2025

Can you afford to board the Chattanooga Choo Choo? Today, on TC, we want to share some photos of our trip to Chattanooga, TN. For our first stop, we visit the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum to see the Southern Railway #630 2-8-0 steam locomotive along with the Southern Railway #5000 EMD GP38-2 as well. It was nice to see some steam once again in action at the museum, and we will be again in the future to see more of it. Photos were taken on Saturday ( 04/26/2025 ).

18/04/2025

TAG, your it! We hope you are all doing well today on this fine Friday. Today, we see NS 282 ( Atlanta, GA - Charlotte, NC ) heading northbound through Norris, SC with the NS #4851 GE AC44C6M ( Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Railway ) Heritage Unit leading along with NS #1050 EMD SD70ACe trailing 2nd. Photos were taken on Friday ( 04/18/2025 ).

The Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad was created through a reorganization of the Chattanooga Southern Railway in 1911. A few years later, in 1922, the line's name was changed to the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (reporting mark TAG) and was also known as the TAG Route. The TAG ran from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through northwest Georgia, and into Gadsden, Alabama. The trackage began at Milepost 1 in Alton Park (Chattanooga) and continued southwest to the southern terminus in Gadsden, some 91.7 miles (147.6 km) distant. In 1952, the railroad retired its last steam locomotive.