Norfolk Southern's "Nickel Plate Road" Heritage Locomotive #8100 leads train 377 westbound through Calcis, AL.

Norfolk Southern's "Nickel Plate Road" Heritage Locomotive #8100 leads train 377 westbound across the trestle at Leeds, AL.

Norfolk Southern's "Nickel Plate Road" Heritage Locomotive #8100 leads train 377 westbound through Dunavant, AL.

A rebuilt GE locomotive pulls grain hoppers north, in route to Indiana.

Today, my two nephews join me for some rail action. Here's the last of three trains we caught... Intermodal containers hitch a ride north on the well cars of CSX train I028. It's nice to see an E... (more)

The long consist of M648 containing 614 axles, crosses the short steel bridge at Broughton with two units up front and a mid DPU.

CSXT's Baltimore & Ohio Heritage Locomotive #1827 leads train I028-16 northbound through Weathers, AL.

Norfolk Southern Train 187 heads westbound through Heflin, AL.

Norfolk Southern Train 245 heads westbound through Leeds, AL., with a pair of Canadian Pacific ES44AC's in charge.

Norfolk Southern Train 245 heads westbound through Riverside, AL., with a pair of Canadian Pacific ES44AC's in charge.

Gadsden Industrial Park, a former steel mill, has a small industrial rail operation, serviced by at least five locomotives. GIP 5 is one of those, a General Electric 40-ton diesel. (Gadsden, Ala... (more)

Found on a siding loaded with what appears to be a high/wide load in Asea Brown Boveri depressed-center flat car ABWX 20002. This car was built National Steel Car in February 1981. (Huntsville, ... (more)

CSXT 1827 leads I028-16 through Lineville, AL

CSXT's Baltimore & Ohio Heritage Locomotive #1827 leads train I028-16 northbound through control point Pond in Helena, AL.

CSXT's Baltimore & Ohio Heritage Locomotive #1827 leads train I028-16 northbound through Chelsea, AL.