IC had the most GP28s, but that wasn't a big deal, considering only 31 were built, and only 16 stayed in the U.S. IC was very proud of their Paducah Shops, but that EMD paint on the trailing GP3... (more)

A switch crew heads for the industrial park on the city's southwest side.

It looks like the crew member is about to flag his train across Main Street, but he is actually walking ahead to throw a switch and send his train down the branch to Forest City. Once his train ha... (more)

The daily Hamlet-NOLA run-through freight heads for Montgomery where it will move on to L&N rails.

Created from an old Baldwin switcher, slug 3009 is fresh from Railway Supply Company. RSCo utilized the former Western Railway of Alabama shops for their slug rebuilds, and other refurbs and conv... (more)

In spring/summer 1973, a buddy and I made several trips from home in Auburn to Montgomery, hoping to see and shoot lots of models and paint schemes. In Auburn we got two SCL-powered trains a day ... (more)

Hamlet-NOLA run-through train 215 is a big one on this day, with 124 cars behind five SCL GP40s and two West Point Route GP7s.

Hamlet-NOLA run-through train 215 - operating as Extra SCL 1610 on this day - rolls across 10th Street. Construction on an overpass has started, and in a few months this at-grade crossing will be... (more)

Poor ol' 197 used to be SCL black, but years of Alabama sun and the heat of its 567 - along with a good coating of long-untouched grime - have degraded the paint to whatever color this is.

One of the locals operating out of Bennett Yard is almost home as it passes the Amtrak/SCL station just north of the Rivers Avenue bridge.

585's crew has run to Croghan and back with 810. Now they will couple up to the B23-7, fetch their train out of the siding along the main, then head for Walterboro.

This southbound long-range local has a new crew and is about to resume its trek. A few miles south of Fort Scott, at a spot called Edward - population one switch and zero people - the train will ... (more)

Former Frisco 6680 is in familiar territory as it leads Portland to Birmingham freight under the Mississippi River bridge. Folks have told me this was not the routing for PBF/BPX, but the train i... (more)

This is an Atlanta, GA-Florence, SC train, operated in conjunction with Georgia Railroad. It is sort of a 'leftover' from pre-SCL days when this route was Atlantic Coast Line's primary route betw... (more)

During my first few years railfanning - mostly in AL and GA - I don't think I ever saw a GP20 other than an occasional visit by SP/SSW GP20s on run-through freights via L&N. Work took me to Misso... (more)