W016 has just finished unloading a few strings of new continuous welded rail and now finds itself tying down at the SouthEnd of West Point siding. All 50 strings of rail, each measuring 1440ft lo... (more)

This day’s M527 is not utilizing CPKC foreign power as it typically does, but is instead lead by a CSX AC4400 dressed in the YN3 scheme. The train is of moderate size today with 51 cars but som... (more)

L833 sits at the SouthEnd of West Point siding as it is about be overtaken by an early running M527. As soon as the CSX to CPKC hand-off train is through, L833 will continue its work south until ... (more)

The paint on this MoW gondola which was applied in March of 1982 is doing a great job of keeping the Chessie System name and logo alive for this piece of equipment built by the Raceland car shops ... (more)

The stars shine overhead as W016 and its load of continuous welded rail rest in Lanett, Alabama. These 1440ft long strings of new 136-lb rail are being installed in and around the area of West Po... (more)

An early morning Q605 has just entered the great state of Alabama with 181 cars and over 10,700 feet of train. On the siding to the right are former Conrail steel coil cars which are destined for... (more)

Local train L833 is found coming back south into Alabama with its train which is sort of a rare occurrence. Usually this local runs around its freight cars at the West Point siding seen on the ri... (more)

Orange is on the track
Just a little over a month after the STB gave its blessing for CSX and CPCK to take over a the Meridian and Bigbee, the new traffic from this interchange is see... (more)

A recent CSX rebuild leads Q601 south on Good Friday... in a bad part of town.

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)

Q611 brings its short 38 car train into Lanett this afternoon as a typical summer thunderstorm begins to move in. The ongoing demolition of the closed WestPoint-Stevens textile mill continues wit... (more)

The CSXT 300 looks a little different from its other AC powered GE wide cab brethren. The lack of a lightning bolt beneath the cab number makes this AC4000 an odd duck indeed as the locomotive is... (more)

One of the last buildings at the former West Point textile mill still continues to stand and watch trains roll past it like today's Q619 with a pair of rare gray colored KCS 70MACs leading the way... (more)

CSX locomotive number 96 pulls its train into Lanett, Alabama this evening after having just crossed over the state line from Georgia a few minutes ago. Tonight's freight is an empty aggregate ho... (more)

Another occurrence of A746 having a second engine would occur during the second week of November. This time the new power would be in the form of an SD50-2 from Chessie System lineage. And just ... (more)