CP F9 #1401 is seen here tied down at Myrtlewood, AL. with its OCS train waiting for CSX to take it the rest of the way to Montgomery.

Beautiful downtown Myrtlewood. The new SMX Advantage meets in the middle right here and is the reason, in part, for a Montgomery to Shreveport VIP trip. CSXT could have sent their train, but that ... (more)

For some reason I always wanted to go to the original end of the Meridian & Bigbee. Thereā€™s a huge plant there and there is the middle of nowhere. They use this unit for switching. Originally... (more)

The M&B doesn't get much attention, and what it does get often seems focused on the west end of this bridge, which is a steel through-truss span over the main channel of the Black Warrior River. I... (more)

Meridian & Bigbee 104 and 103 lead a train across the approach to the Tombigbee River Bridge in 1986.