Looking across a bridge that crosses the Tallapoosa River, I witness the lead engine of CSX train I183 blow through the crossing towards Wadley with 266 axles.
Built as TFM 2647, the original KCS grey paint from General Electric, Erie, PA is definitely showing it's age. One of my favorite "90's era" simplified paint schemes, I'll still get out... (more)
99 loads of Northern Alabama metallurgical coal are a few miles away from unloading at the Alabama Port Authority McDuffie Terminal.
A single unit heads south through Wadley with car loads of crossties.
Alabama Southern (ABS) 111 awaits the passing of NS A55 so they can work their interchange in Tuscaloosa. Already in place at the interchange is the NS 9-1-1 and OAR trainset which spent a few day... (more)
A short M514 rolls into the siding for a meet with southbound train C040.
Passing the famous Sloss Furnaces, is a manifest train with 4 EMD engines and one lone GE. Norfolk Southern has well over 100 of the ACe units active on their roster.
Tons of coal move south through Standing Rock on a cloudless day. Two engines up front, and one on the rear, keep 115 loads in order for the long trip to Jacksonville, FL.
Autos get underway as they follow a southbound out of the city lead by an Evolution Series GE built in 2011. CSX and Norfolk Southern lines both pass under the 24th Street bridge.
Fifty two years ago Wilmot Model Railroad Shop in Prattville was a beacon for model railroaders in the deep south. We traveled there as often as possible to buy treasured models and to chit chat ... (more)
Intermodal train I128 rolls out of shade into the sunlight as it heads north while passing underneath an old wooden bridge at Broughton.
CSX Work Train W204-24 is seen stopped in the siding at Westover, AL. with SD50-3 #8662 in the lead.
CP SD70ACu #7054 leads CSX Train B622-09 northbound into the Broughton siding at Roanoke, AL. Due to issues with the 7054, the crew had to cut away from their Train and run up to Wadley where they... (more)
CP SD70ACu #7054 leads CSX Train B622-09 northbound through Standing Rock, AL.
CSX Train M210 heads northbound through Pyriton, AL.