A freshly painted switcher works the yard for the Birmingham Southern RR.
A pair of Birmingham Southern SW1500's lead BS1 Yard south out of the yard towards the Fairfield works.
Things are about to change... as WATCO will be taking over this shortline effective January 1, 2012. This is one of the , if not last, Birmingham Southern train before the takeover seen com... (more)
This may soon be changing. BSRR has been bought out by WATCO. We shall see how long the green and gold lasts. Loading uo a coal train to take to Bessemer.
A Birmingham Southern taconite train heads from towards the railroads storage yard in Fairfield where it will be kept until the railroad is ready to take it to Birmingport.
Birmingham Southern RSD-5 #160 at Fairfield, AL || May 1972
A pair of Birmingham Southern SW1001's switch out the Fairfield yard. The ruins of US Steels Ensley works sits in the background.
One of the rarer of Birmingham Southern's industrial critters. This unit still bears the paint scheme of former sister Tri-Star road Elgin Joliet & Eastern. Was a stroke of luck that this rare bea... (more)
BS SW1001 #219 at Fairfield, AL || May 1986
BSR Port job about to depart steel plant Pleasent Grove AL
A former EJ&E GP38-2 shows off it's standard as built lines at Ensley Al. while dressed in it's current BS paint.
A pair of BS switchers has finished sorting cars and now crosses over the CSX and back into their Ensley Yard with loads of coke.
