Night lights
The CSX W003 Geometry train spends the evening in Opelika parked on one of the two freight house tracks dating back to the Western Railway of Alabama days. The illuminated... (more)

Running as the DPU of M601, the NC&StL heritage unit looks fantastic in the darkness as it makes its maiden journey after being released from the Waycross Paint shop and the talented workers there... (more)

M645 takes the scenic route from Birmingham to Waycross this evening as it passes through Opelika with 120 cars in tow. Standing next to the fast moving freight train is the iconic WofA concrete ... (more)

Inaugural run
CSX's newest heritage unit honoring the New York Central is seen making its first revenue run in the early morning hours as it leads manifest train M605 through Cusseta, ... (more)

An evening fog has enveloped the city of Opelika as Q601 slices through it with 148 cars in tow. Tonight’s train has the pleasure of being lead by the CSX Spirit of First Responders unit as it ... (more)

A fast moving Q606 drops the holdout signal at Cusseta while disappearing into the night as it pulls 169 cars onward to the ultimate destination of Waycross, GA.

Shiny Eagle
Looking just as elegant as the day it rolled out of the Edward G. Budd Company manufacturing plant, the Missouri Pacific Planetarium Dome Coach 892 is back in its origina... (more)

It’s been a long night for this NS re-rail crew as they’ve had to move a loaded tank car and locomotive back onto the track after the two rolled a rail in downtown Opelika earlier in the day. ... (more)

Originally built for the SAL and then rebuilt in 1970 for the Seaboard Coast Line as SCL 01095, this caboose would end up outside CSX’s Tilford yard as focal piece for a small park next to the f... (more)

Newly cut in Safetran Vader hood signals stand tall at the now dispatcher control point of South End Opelika Siding while they display their most commonly seen signal indication here. That of cou... (more)

A fiery sky envelops most of the view in Opelika this afternoon as it silhouettes the newly installed PTC antenna and Safetran signals at the CSX-NS interlocking. Soon A746 will knock down this c... (more)

When key components on freight cars fail and the subsequent repairs can’t be made at the location said car is set out, then you got to improvise a temporary solution to get the car running again... (more)

The Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage unit adds some color to an otherwise black night as it leads freight train 187 out of Opelika one mid December evening across one very stout looking con... (more)

A double header of sorts is being displayed this evening by local train A746 as it sits tied down in Lanett. The lead unit is the new replacement unit for loco 4043 which had only been on this jo... (more)

New leaser power has arrived onto the ATN in the form of EMD SD40-2 units, two of which can sort of be seen here. If one loves the sounds of EMD six or four axle models, then this Alabama short l... (more)