Northbound Crescent is only 117 miles into the 1377 mile trip from New Orleans to New York City. The train departed New Orleans at 9:15, and is out of Hattiesburg now on time at 11:45. Here the tr... (more)

Looks as if a local came to grief somewhere and is stored awaiting what? Photo by "Boxcar" Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Cute. No frills. I bet this thing was a rolling sauna in the Mississippi/Alabama summers. I've always wondered what the curved handrail on the side of cabooses is for. I've never seen it used f... (more)

Wood! That's what it's all about on the M&B especially back here in the pre-Big Orange days. Here a local is doing some work. Interesting line to follow. Pretty much BFE all the way.

Framed just south of Agricola, MS, an empty BNSF coal set breaks the silence of the cool night as they roll north on the Mississippi Export Railroad. The 135 car train has just unloaded at the Vic... (more)

CN’s Memphis to Mobile mixed freight A488 swings around the Co-Op in Lucedale, MS, as they roll south on CN’s Beaumont Subdivision. The train is led by CN 3023, CN’s Elgin Joliet and Eastern... (more)

A trio of Mississippi Export geeps slowly make their way north through Moss Point, MS, bringing a 38-car northbound from the CSX interchange in Pascagoula. Paralleling Railroad St in Moss Point, t... (more)

A nifty little paint scheme decorates this 1941 Schenectady product and Army alumnus on a former IC line which Wikipedia says is embargoed but being reopened. Sadly, I doubt this one will be arou... (more)

A Mississippi Export Railroad Freight Train has just picked up some loads from Enviva Pellets in Evanston, MS., and is getting ready to head south to Moss Point to interchange with CSX

A Mississippi Export Railroad Freight Train heads south through Agricola, MS., on their way to Moss Point to interchange with CSX before returning back north to Evanston, MS.

After bringing Alabama Southern Train 112 into Artesia, Canadian National's BC Rail heritage ES44AC locomotive #3115 leads Oil Train O-ARJA south down KCS's Artesia Sub to Meridian and then to Jac... (more)

WAMX SD60 #6019 leads Alabama Southern (ABS) Train 112 east back to Tuscaloosa as they cross the Tombigbee River Bridge in Columbus, MS., with interchange from KCS at Artesia.

Alabama Southern (ABS) Train 112 heads east through Bent Oak, MS., on their way back to Tuscaloosa, AL., with interchange from KCS at Artesia

Alabama Southern (ABS) Train 112 heads west through Bent Oak, MS., on their way to Artesia to interchange with KCS before returning back east to Tuscaloosa, AL.

Canadian National's BC Rail Heritage ES44AC locomotive #3115, leads Alabama Southern Train 112 as they interchange with KCS at Artesia, MS., before returning back east to Tuscaloosa, AL. Once 112... (more)