In a preview of the FL/SS/CSX future, ACL closed its Montgomery yard in the 1960s, and moved into affiliate L&N's S&NA yard a few hundreds yards to the north. The power in the engine facility on this bright fall day - U36Bs on SCL, old geeps on L&N - might give the impression that SCL had the bigger operation in these parts. In reality, L&N's line through Montgomery was a segment of their mainline between Cincinnati and New Orleans, while SCL operated two dead-end secondary lines - one ex-ACL and one ex-SAL.
Photos taken in the Deep South--primarily Alabama and Georgia--from the 1970s to the early 2000s. Featured railroads include the ICG, the West Point Route, SCL, Southern, Frisco, and even KCS.
