Just a few hundred feet past its Tuscaloosa station stop, the New Orleans-bound Crescent bangs across the former GM&O, now just a stump that ends on the city's south side.
An Artesia-bound freight is just a couple miles out of Montgomery's West End Yard. Ex-GM&O 635 and a trio of Paducah rebuilds are in charge, as the head end passes a speed limit sign and whistle b... (more)