Apparently retired, this unit came late in the production run. Interesting modifications for radio control. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
Birmingham Southern Alco HH900, Nº82 was pulled out from it's canopy on November 8, 2020 for a photo charter and is seen on the Calera & Shelby Railroad a few miles north of Calera, Alabama. 82 h... (more)
Birmingham Southern 82 leads at the Calera Depot.
Birmingham Southern 82 sits awaiting pickup at Calera as the engineer assist in the move.
Owned by the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Birmingham Southern Alco HH900 No. 82 (built in 1937) poses for a photo shoot in Calera, AL.
This locomotive was built by The American Locomotive Company (ALCO), in Schenectady, New York, in March 1937 under the construction number No. 68788. It was delivered to its original owner, the Bi... (more)
Birmingham Southern Alco HH900 No. 82 is seen here staged on a freight train over the Buxahatchee Creek bridge during a night photo charter on the Heart of Dixie Railroad
Owned by the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, Alabama, Birmingham Southern Alco HH900 is the last of it's kind from the 900 series. Nº82 holds the title for being the oldest remaining ex... (more)
The last remaining Alco HH900 lumbers across a wooden bridge pulling a local freight. This photo was staged by Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum volunteers for a publicity shot showcasing a unique pi... (more)
Westbound BS port job passing through Mulga
Back when Birmingham skies were often smudgy from the many operating steel mills, BS 251 works in the Ensley yard.
A typical busy morning on the Fairfield Southern, as remote jobs do their work shoving iron ore pellets into the steel mill. While presently commonplace on any given morning, this scene (which is... (more)
A lone survivor! No. 82 is the oldest surviving High Hood ALCO locomotive complete with its original prime mover, a McIntosh & Seymour 531T diesel engine. It is the only surviving HH900, and the o... (more)
BSRR HH900 #82 has just been restored By the Heart Of Dixie Railroad Museum & is seen here being pulled outside of the shops for a few Photographers to get some shots. This locomotive was built in... (more)
BSRR HH900 #82 has just been restored By the Heart Of Dixie Railroad Museum & is seen here sitting outside of the shops in the bright Sunshine for a few Photographers to get some shots. This locom... (more)
A recent visit to Birmingham made me go back and review some old slides. At first glance, the new Birmingham Terminal Railway which now operates this line seemed mostly the same. Then I took a l... (more)
WAMX (Birmingham Terminal Railway) GP38-2 3876, Ex BSRR nee EJ&E leads a loaded ore train from BNSF's East Thomas Yard through Ensley, Alabama with a mixed assortment of GP38-2s trailing.
ex-DM&IR 129
Remote-controlled AS616 #367 rumbles through Ensley, AL. I believe the guy with the Ghostbusters backpack is the operator. I also think this unit was re-engined with and EMD engine. I saw one r... (more)
A freshly painted switcher works the yard for the Birmingham Southern RR.
A pair of Birmingham Southern SW1500's lead BS1 Yard south out of the yard towards the Fairfield works.
Things are about to change... as WATCO will be taking over this shortline effective January 1, 2012. This is one of the , if not last, Birmingham Southern train before the takeover seen com... (more)
This may soon be changing. BSRR has been bought out by WATCO. We shall see how long the green and gold lasts. Loading uo a coal train to take to Bessemer.
A Birmingham Southern taconite train heads from towards the railroads storage yard in Fairfield where it will be kept until the railroad is ready to take it to Birmingport.
Birmingham Southern RSD-5 #160 at Fairfield, AL || May 1972
A pair of Birmingham Southern SW1001's switch out the Fairfield yard. The ruins of US Steels Ensley works sits in the background.
One of the rarer of Birmingham Southern's industrial critters. This unit still bears the paint scheme of former sister Tri-Star road Elgin Joliet & Eastern. Was a stroke of luck that this rare bea... (more)
BS SW1001 #219 at Fairfield, AL || May 1986
BSR Port job about to depart steel plant Pleasent Grove AL
A former EJ&E GP38-2 shows off it's standard as built lines at Ensley Al. while dressed in it's current BS paint.
A pair of BS switchers has finished sorting cars and now crosses over the CSX and back into their Ensley Yard with loads of coke.
BS 701 heads up a bracket of power parked in the Birmingham Southerns Ensley Yard. The smoke stacks in the background are the remains of US Steel's Ensley Works. Special Thanks to William H. Dav... (more)
Whoops, pulled a drawbar.
Birmingham Southern units pull a cut of cars through the conveyor at Birmingport.
A real color show with a BLE, URR, DM&IR, and a EJ&E painted unit on the URR Dead track.
3 MP15's power a coal drag from Birmingport back toward the BSRR yard.
Lineup of power at the BS shop.
Built April 1960 as DMIR 176, rebuilt 1991 as DMIR 320, purchased 1997 by EJ&E and re#820. Purchased in October 2002 by B.S.
BS Northbound Taconite Train at BNSF'S East Thomas Yard in Birmingham, Al. with a quartet of GP38-2'S for power
BS Northbound Coke Train at Ensley, Al. with a quartet of GP38-2'S for power
