With the concept for this type of frog created in 1893, the spring rail frog has had numerous improvements to its design but the overall idea has remained the same; a continuous running surface fo... (more)

Palindrome pan shot Q612 and its uniquely pained AC6000 leader pull hard on their average size train as it conquers the ruling grade of the WofA mainline known as Notasulga Hill on a splen... (more)

After being tied down earlier in the day, the combined power of A012 and W073 sit quietly in Notasulga as the wind howls and ... (more)

The Pioneer Railroad
Beginning in 1972 the Chicago and Northwestern began using an innovative ownership structure which allowed employees to purchase stock in the company and thus the... (more)

No April fooling here, as the third southbound train makes its way through Notasulga with a trio of Erie’s best and brighte... (more)

A quartet of EMD classics rest on the former Notasulga siding, it’s now just a storage track, with a pair of workhorses in the form of SD40-2 models at the front. Third out of this combined con... (more)

Hot on the heels of Q619, the empty hopper train of E075 makes its way through Notasulga with a very recently repainted CSX ... (more)

Spring Forward
A freakishly fast Q619 blows through the town of Notasulga and passes the colorful spring scenery as it makes good time on a bright Sunday morning.

Photo by Deborah Barber

The setting sun brings to end another day on the railroad as one of the newest signals for the only CTC installation on the former Western Railway of Alabama mainline stands tall against the impen... (more)

Bethlehem’s Other Beam
Known primarily for its famous wide flange beam, Bethlehem also rolled rail and a lot of it too. With the purchase of Penn Steel Co. during WWI, the newly own... (more)

Still the same
Rolled in July of 2011 and dropped off by A012 a few weeks earlier, this string of new 115 lb ra... (more)

The locomotives from ballast train A015 layover in the Notasulga siding on the shortest day of the year during the "blue hour" as a CSX employee finally shuts the front door and exits down the lon... (more)

CSX Q193 heads south through Notasulga with a pair of BNSF SD40-2s in charge.

Originally built for the Seaboard Coast Line in 1980, this veteran B30-7 is the lone engine of aggregate train W059 as it heads... (more)