A recently repainted ES40DC leads three locomotives of the M605, Waycross to New Orleans freight, through the control point of JR Mapp and into LaGrange this morning. The Approach signal to the r... (more)

Running as S142 today, this CSX intermodal train from Jacksonville will soon duck into the nearby Fairburn intermodal terminal for some work and will then continue the journey to its destination o... (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.

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)

Q515 has brought its 8100 foot long train to smooth stop at the end of the 4 mile section of double track in LaGrange. The Medium Clear signal seen looking at the camera is for an oncoming Q220 w... (more)

The XXB 117.2 signal has company now with the recent installation of a new Safetran color light signal just behind it. It'll still be a few months before the new Vader hood is officially cut in, ... (more)

If one didn't know any better they might think they're seeing an Approach Medium signal on a BNSF line as this intermodal waits in the siding for a meet. Actually this is CSX territory, so this i... (more)

With a CSX crew still onboard, Q186 is only a few thousand feet away from its hand-off point between CSX and BNSF. That would be the BNSF East Thomas yard in northwest Birmingham. Once the BNSF ... (more)

The Southern heritage unit has just completed its work at the Columbus yard across the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. Now on the Alabama side of the line, the specialty painted unit begins the j... (more)

The always reliable BNSF morning transfer to NS rolls underneath the 27th St. Interlocking with CSX with a pair of BNSF Geeps in the lead. The GP39-2 at the front still looks great in the BNSF H1... (more)

The blue hour begins to envelope the sky as the South End Cusseta signal continues to display its "clear" green light. This Absolute Block Signal is telling any southbound train that th... (more)

One of the last remaining US&S doll arm signals on the Lineville sub continues to stand tall in the blue hour light as it protects the north end of Pyne siding. CTC controlled signals have been d... (more)

As G485 and its 87 car loads begin to slowly crawl out of the siding at Calera, they're about to pass behind a nearly 3 year old Vader hood signal. This newer piece of equipment replaced more)

Orion's Belt watches the action tonight as the Irondale bound NS 137 splits the signals at West Bleecker this evening in eastern Alabama.