The Birmingham bound Q679 rolls past the recently turned on cantilever signal at CP Lee this evening as it rumbles through Pelham on the former ACL mainline. This signal was built for a new cross... (more)

Moon Lit As the moon illuminates A018 in the early morning, this train will have quite the day. First it will first drop off the MoW flatcars in Opelika and then pick up a Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD50-2
Location: Lanett, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 2496
Train ID: CSX A018
Photo Date: March 19, 2011

The BNSF 294 lets out some smoke as it works in tandem with two GE models while climbing the grade up to the famous Big 10 Loops just 18 miles west of Denver.

The sun has finally come back out from behind a fast moving eastward thunderstorm as empty train bound for Black Thunder Mine comes to a stop at Pueblo Junction. A brand new Ace, more)

A pair of Heritage 2 painted MACs push an empty coal train as it charges ahead onto the famous Joint Line at CP Bragdon in the afternoon light.

Another Q685 snakes its way out of Montgomery as is passes underneath the old L&N Cantilever signal that is on borrowed tim... (more)

Piles of ties add to the rolling landscape and curvy rail as G66 continues the slow journey south to Senoia.

In January of this year CSX announced that it was reviewing 8000 miles of its lines for potential sale or lease. One of two lines confirmed to be on the chopping block right away is the route a... (more)

Power from a previous day's Laurel to Pueblo mixed freight looks on at a veteran GP38-2 wondering if it too will last as long as that EMD product has.

A double header of sorts is being displayed this evening by local train A746 as it sits tied down in Lanett. The lead unit is the new replacement unit for loco 4043 which had only been on this jo... (more)

The always delightful NS 339 lives up to expectations and provides non-NS power, this time in the form of a KCS Belle that leads the train west through downtown Birmingham.

Black diamonds bound for the state of Arizona make their way out of Pueblo and past the artwork that adorns the sides of the Arkansas River levee wall.

A pair of heritage pumpkins pulls the always hot commodity Q184 as it comes off the Pelham siding and passes a colorful overhead crane in the background.

OCS on the WofA!
The CSX Office Car Special rolls along the former Western Railway of Alabama with CSX officials to show off the new customers that have been added along the 1848 buil... (more)

A lengthy and colorful Q192 with a pair of SD70Ms rolls through Opelika and crosses 9th street on a sunny August morning. Click he... (more)