Posing for anyone who would like to take a pic, are GE & EMD engines waiting for an assignment. The Amtrak Crescent serves this station twice a day.
Rolling through the countryside of Broughton, is this enormous northbound empty coal train lead by a yn3 scheme CSX locomotive. It has 225 cars along with 3 DPUs in tow.
A rebuilt Norfolk Southern GE waits for signal indication to proceed east.
Containers quickly make their way through Roanoke on the wheels of 304 axles and diesel power that propels them.
A cut of cars wait along with two EMD locomotives beside Amtrak's train station in Anniston, AL.
Coming out of Fairburn, Ga headed for Chicago, this daily operated train is lead by a CSX locomotive that hasn't been painted since it was built. A lot of engines aren't so fortunate so it's best... (more)
A couple of BNSF engines transport a shipment of containers through Wadley with a warbonnet survivor BNSF #781.
A short 2,774 feet autorack train heads through Broughton with one of CSX'S first AC4400CW engines that was built in 1994.
Taking the siding, Q028 gradually comes to a stop at the northend for a southbound. About 15 minutes out, CSX Q185 will pass through also with a shipment of containers.
Stretching out across the beautiful plains of Wyoming, is one of many Union Pacific trains that haul loads of coal out of the Powder River Basin. This train races at track speed with empties for ... (more)
The northend signals are being split by a southbound intermodal train on an early spring morning in Roanoke. Several of these container trains travel the Lineville Subdivision daily.
Only a fraction of this 8,000 feet train is seen here charging north with stacked containers. It is based out of the Fairburn Intermodal Facility.
Passing by milepost 848, CSX power rolls through Broughton with an assortment of freight.
Occupying 6,000 feet of track as it travels north, empty coal train E019 heads for more loads.
Here comes a mixed CSX freight train through Lafayette Connection with a lease unit leading the way.
