The nocturnal M527 rolls through Opelika with a special visitor this evening. The bright orange colors of the Hapag-Lloyd St. John Express painted GEVO lead the way with 34 cars in tow. This trai... (more)

The brand new paint livery of the CPKC is found on a new GE rebuild leading this day’s M527. The train is comprised of 62 cars with 9 intermodal containers at the front and is about to take the... (more)

The exciting M526 hand off train from CPKC to CSX continues to show off foreign power in the form or either CP or KCS locomotives. Today M526 has a CP leader as it's about to pass the XXB 78 mile... (more)

The new run through train of M526 continues to bring a nice change of pace from the regular landscape of CSX blue on this line. Today's is no exception as it has the CP 7015 heritage unit trailin... (more)

A surprising KCS ACe leads the M526 this afternoon into West Point, GA. The lack of Schneider containers is due to the train originating in Montgomery this Sunday instead of the usual origin of M... (more)

It’s another Friday in May and another chance to see a Canadian visitor leading M526. The clouds have opened at just the right time to catch this Canuck and the intermodal loads it’s pulling ... (more)

A pair of Canadian National units leads the daily Waycross to New Orleans manifest train M601 through the quiet community of Cusseta with 127 cars. To the left is a remnant of the code line pole ... (more)

Canadian Pacific locomotives pull today’s U844 (an extra L844) up to the highest point on the former Western Railway of Alabama mainline in Opelika. This handoff train from the CPKC to CSX via ... (more)

An afternoon running Q601 comes into view as it rounds the large curve on the north side of Opelika. A surprising pair of Canadian National visitors lead the way with over 7500 tons of freight, m... (more)

It’s a gorgeous morning as the second section of 186 (M86) glides into Salem and past the unique antiques store next to the tracks with a pair of KCS locomotives. The caboose in the back is a fo... (more)

A trio of BNSF locomotives pull today's Q610 manifest train into the super-elevated s-curves of Cusseta as they head north one morning. Seeing BNSF power on this portion of the former Western Rai... (more)

Two unit trains are passing each other as they roll through the control point of JR Mapp this morning. The unit train on the left is that of Q220 with empty auto racks heading for the nearby Kia ... (more)

The BNSF intermodal train of Q185 is taking a detour route today as it travels atop former Western Railway of Alabama tracks on its journey to the more)

What's in a name
Freight train 186 is only 316 miles from Savannah as proclaimed by the Central of Georgia mile post numbering on this present day NS owned mainline. Although the name... (more)

One fifth of the PRLX SD70MAC leaser fleet being utilized by NS is at the front of train 137 as the 6200 foot long freight train slowly treks through Opelika. The long length today is quite a cha... (more)