An Alco switcher (repowered w/567) and slug work S&NA Yard. Construction on a multi-lane overpass just getting underway in the distance will complicate yards ops for the next few months.
Photo by Keith Ardinger photo acquired in trade, Collection of David Harris
Damaged in a switching accident, 1122 will get just enough attention to render her fit to be towed to Tuscaloosa where a spot in the deadline awaits
EMD's reign as top diesel builder is already in jeopardy as a B23-7 and two U36Bs lead a road freight past a pair of Uceta Shop rebuilds.
A pair of switch crews utilizing GP10s work ICG's main Mobile yard. That's Telegraph Road in the background, with the Southern yard to the left, and the Frisco/BN to the right.
The Floridian was still a pretty big train in late 1973, as shown here in October of that year, with three Es and a train that stretches well past the far end of Montgomery's train shed waiting to... (more)
Just before a spring shower hits Clinton, an empty coal train headed for the Powder River Basin makes a crew change. I never would have said this to the guys in the photo (I had friends on both c... (more)
913 and crew are pulling out from the relative calm of the Winston-Salem line onto the congested mainline and shop area in downtown Roanoke
CSX slices between condos and river to reach industries and port facilities east of downtown Decatur. This track is shared with NS, just as is the Tennessee River (owned by NS) in the background o... (more)
A not-so-pretty black cab brings up the rear of a D&RGW freight exiting Byers Canyon as it heads west through the Colorado morning.
Headed south on the Winston-Salem line, a geep drags a couple of cars across the ex-Virginian mainline.
Taking orders
The southbound Floridian was often hours late. Bad track north of Louisville caused most of the delays, but on this day the ailing Es aren't helping matters, so an SCL GE helps out. It's late su... (more)
