Stopped for a crew swap behind the Isle of Capri Casino with EMLX 8553 & 8543.

After the southbound trip on the Lineville sub from Birmingham the new crew takes charge for the trip north up the A&WP to CSX's Fairburn intermodal facility.

Q461 with CNW 8701 enroute Birmingham holds down number one main as Q685 takes two main enroute Manchester with a CN,TFM & CSX team.

The Union City turn passes by an uncommon doll arm signal led by this GE, a non-dynamic GP40-2 #6399 and another B30-7.

Light power has come down from Butler to retrieve 130 coal loads from CSX.

Northbound TOFC's led by a quartet of GP60's highballs Lula elementary school.

Southbound with caterpillar high-wides eases past Lula based maintenance of way workers and equipment.

The conductor glances out the window of the 8446 as a CSX utility vehicle passes by leaving only faint streaks of light in this 15 second exposure.

Not so common road switcher power on the Gainesville Midland sub.

A string of older EMD's occupy the west pit for servicing.

Preparing to depart the Abbeville sub and enter the GM sub under a moonlit sky.

As darkness falls, the clear blue sky fades to black and the halogen security lights at Toyota's Commerce distribution center just right of the frame illuminate this scene.

It's a little after midnight and the temperature is just below freezing as water vapor clouds streak across the night sky. Luckily the 2661's auto start feature is working well on this cold night.

The conductor protects the shove move back to the train after running around it. This is done due to Fieldale Farms mill switches one mile to the south opening for southbound work.