The early morning silence is broken as the 12 cylinder powerhouse of a recently built ES44C4 thunders off the mountainous walls that enclose Palmer Lake as a loaded cement train conquers the third... (more)

Still the same
Rolled in July of 2011 and dropped off by A012 a few weeks earlier, this string of new 115 lb ra... (more)

Spring is here as more greenery is starting to become evident while A735 heads out of Birmingham bound for Talladega. Here is how de... (more)

A nighttime running Q612 rolls through the city of West Point this evening with a pair of NS locomotives at the front of its 5 unit consist. The foreign leaders will bring this train up to the te... (more)

After a well executed meet with Jacksonville bound Q133, the hot Q183 and its 7800 feet of domestic containers start to roll again as it splits the signals at the north end of Hogansville siding w... (more)

In a scene traditionally pictured out west, the "Mega Powers" of UP and BNSF are today found pulling intermodal trains for CSX in the lovely Southeast.

Loaded grain train, G416, rounds the curve leading into downtown Opelika with one of the multitudinous CSX Dash 8 locomotives pulling it. more)

With UP CCQNA having finally placed its units at the rear and head end of their empty hopper train, the BNSF 102 local comes back into the yard and passes a young railfan with his parents as they ... (more)

Traffic starts to stack up as aggregate train W081 has just come off of the new Loachapoka and now slowly backs its train into the Vulcan Materials plant for another load of fresh ballast to pour ... (more)

Yard job 102 continues to shove on its cut of cars into track 5 while three tracks over in 8 the DENKCK waits for a crew come on duty and move the train closer to Kansas City.

From this view, a high-hood locomotive certainly gives one intimidating look.

With a new crew, K735 rolls along the Alabama River and makes its way out of Montgomery, as seen from Overlook Park.

The A&WP local has called the Cusseta siding home for tonight as its train of 3 cars and 2 locomotives relax under the stars and relative silence found here.

Wearing only its second paint scheme since being added to the Burlington Northern roster in 1985, today this classic GP50 has completed its interchange work with NS at their north yard near 32nd s... (more)

A colorful Q577 passes the Sabel Steel building as it departs the city of Montgomery and heads south towards Mobile.