Back before Clifton Forge was seriously downsized...

Three old geeps climb the grade from Gantt's Quarry back to Sylacauga. There they'll head to Talladega, where they will move over to SCL rails for the trip back to Boyles Yard in Birmingham. In ... (more)

Amtrak is over a year old, but 1446 - which would become Amtrak 202 - still wears its B&O dress. The Floridian would grow to a point where 2 SDP40Fs would be required, but then would be discontin... (more)

The D&R turn is not moving fast, but it is moving. Yeah, this guy will probably make it with time to spare. Unless he trips or blows a hammy or something. But that stuff never happens. Note th... (more)

Though they occupy adjacent numerical spots in the L&N roster, 5019 and 5020 exhibit different paint schemes, with 5019 in the older slanted lettering with black outlines and scalloped nose, and 5... (more)

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.

One of IC/ICG's rare GP28s - it's orange paint faded almost to pink - leads the daily train to Artesia, MS out of the yard. My best non-railfan buddy was with me on this trip, and he and the crew... (more)

Time is running out for Southern's branch connecting Columbus and Griffin, as a GP30 and maybe a dozen cars roll into Concord. That tree trimmer's yellow rig is doing a good job of pretending to ... (more)

A moment of poor judgement in the yard at Montgomery means 713 is headed for some shop time.

Doing it old school, the rear end brakeman on this Dothan-bound freight jogs to catch his train after throwing a switch. Moving mounts/dismounts, cabooses, most of the track shown in this photo - ... (more)

WofA 213 - a runthrough in cooperation with L&N - rolls by behind three U23Bs. The GEs were common on this train, but to see it without at least one or two GP38s was not.

On a hot, wet summer afternoon in coastal Georgia, the rain has stopped momentarily, and the gray skies have brightened a bit. The break lasts just long enough to shoot the power from Southern's ... (more)

The daily Artesia to Montgomery freight has just crossed the Black Warrior River and is about to enter he Tuscaloosa yard. Te line swinging off to the photo's right edge is the connection track to... (more)

Oddballs on Clinchfield's EMD-dominated roster, the U36Cs were disliked enough that a trade with SCL for a like number of SD45s was arranged. I never thought CRR's gray and yellow looked as good ... (more)

CSX uses big C-Cs on coal coming into mobile these days, but in the early 1980s, L&N went through a period where it seemed they thought GP38s were the perfect power for every application. In this ... (more)