Southern Railway GP49's #4600, 4604 & 4605 await the call to duty at Southern Railway's Norris Yard. #4600 was built November 1980 and later became Norfolk Southern #4600. After leaving roster, u... (more)
Southern Railway GP38 #2818, tied down on the House Track after completing its run to Andalusia as Work Extra #2818 (flying white "extra" flags). #2818 was built March 1970 and later became Norfo... (more)
Southern Railway U23B #3921 led train #93 from Albany (GA) and is tied down on the Coal Track. #3921 was built May 1974 and later became Norfolk Southern #3921
Southern Railway GP38-2 #5065 building an outbound train in Mobile Yard. #5065 was built August 1973 and later became Norfolk Southern # 5065
Alabama & Florida Railway GP9 #6076 awaits the call to duty as local power. #6076 was built June 1956 as Chesapeake and Ohio Railway #6076
This Charleston area local has either mechanical failures, or its crew is dead on hours, so the folks at Bennett Yard have sent a crew with nearly-new 4218 to the rescue.
GP40s are in charge of a northbound freight as it passes through fall colors just south of Roanoke on the former Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast.
CSX SD40-2 #8208 and GP16 #1851 lead a northbound over the multiple diamonds. #8208 was built November 1974 as L&N #3580 and later became CSX SD40-3 rebuild #4011
After working an industrial area along the Cooper River, a switch crew heads along a litter-strewn branch back to Bennett Yard.
Southern Railway U23B's 3951 & 3931 and Norfolk Southern GP35 #2708 tied down in the yard as the Albany (GA) based crew takes their rest after bringing train down the Dothan District. #3951 was b... (more)
Southern Railway SD45 #3158 and SD40-2's #3271 & 3318 lead Southern Railway westbound train #135. #3158 was built November 1967 and later became Norfolk Southern #3158
A sharp looking SS GP38-2 leads a southbound freight past the Talladega local and crew.
Coal heads south to Mobile behind a trio of SD50s.
A trio of RS-1s - the center unit in ICG orange and white - sits at the primitive engine servicing facility at West End Yard.
In the typical hazy glare of a summer afternoon in Alabama, Southern 2595 leads a westbound local a couple miles outside Alex City.