Norfolk Southern GP38-2 #5139, leading a Mobile (AL) train, departs Norris Yard. #5139 was built October 1974 as Southern Railway #5139

Daily NS Freight Train 183 (Irondale, AL - Calvert, AL) heads South to Calvert with an NS EMD SD70ACC #1836 on the point. NS 1836 is former NS Spartan Cab #2554.

Mobile bound train, 183 steps through 32nd Street at Birmingham, Alabama after departing Irondale.

Mobile bound train, NS 183 steps by 27th Street interlocking and the long closed Sloss Furnace in the background at Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham was once known into the 1970s as the Pittsburgh ... (more)

A pair of Canadian visitors make a surprising sight as the pull today’s 183 freight train underneath the signals that guard the 14th street interlocking and past the Birmingham skyline.

Three new/rebuilt GE's (4028,4039, and 4022) headed south on the AGS South subdivision in West Birmingham, these three units came into Irondale this morning on train 320.

The Pennsylvania Heritage unit NS #8102 leads Norfolk Southern Train 183 South through 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL.

Irondale to Selma, Alabama manifest 183 steps by 32nd Street at Birmingham during it's afternoon departure with the Pennsylvania heritage ES44AC Nº8102.

Norfolk Southern Freight 183 heads South to Mobile, AL. As they roar through Bessemer, AL. With the SOU ES44AC #8099 Heritage Unit on the point

Norfolk Southern Freight 183 heads South to Mobile, AL. As they roar through 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL. With the SOU ES44AC #8099 Heritage Unit on the point

Norfolk Southern Freight 183 is seen here stopped at 50th Street in Woodlawn, AL. For a crew change before heading on South to Mobile, AL. With the SOU ES44AC #8099 Heritage Unit on the point

The New York Central Heritage Unit NS #1066 leads Train 183 South as they pass through Ryan, AL.