All in line heading south, a rail grinder, cross grinder, and hi-rail trucks operate on the mainline on a hot day in Standing Rock. The hi-railers are traveling with them to lookout for fires sta... (more)

TASD Job 4 and CSX Y19324 work their respective yards in the busy Mobile terminal.

An off schedule Nashville-New Orleans freight rolls over Chickasaw Creek.

Alabama Export is contracted to do CN's switching in Mobile. Here, a pair of ALE units drill the south end of the yard.

CSX M601 clears Downtown Opelika while Frank, Tracy, and the newest Orona, Gabby, who is a year old and she's precious. Photo by Elliott Hool. © Weather Oarknot Media Productions.

A SB NS train is rolling on after picking up freight from WAMX's Alabama Southern. In early days the GM&O's Montgomery Line crossed here.

On this Nasty-hot summer afternoon in Cusseta, Southbound CSX M601 leans into the reverse S-curve. This time of year is the best lighting for this spot. CSX M601 sweeps through the S-Curve in Cus... (more)

A Waycross-New Orleans freight passes the Carnival Spirit cruise ship.

Built for ASAB. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

A variety of freight cars carrying different commodities, roll into Standing Rock with one leader and one DPU. Hanging out near mid-train is CSXT #1982 the Seaboard System heritage unit.

CSX 5306 leads a manifest train south under the Mobile Convention Center.

The TAG unit, still fresh and clean led 15T into Irondale on Father's Day 2025. I rushed over to catch it, making the 4 hour drive to Attalla, AL in hopes of seeing it in good light. I made it t... (more)

Freshly painted and back to hauling freight, CSXT #841 crew has to wait for nearly 2 hours before getting permission to head north.

A southbound autorack train comes into to view as CSX employees work trackside near the signals.. The engineer toots the horn making the trains presence known. Today's shipment has a total of 104... (more)

The Iron Horse Resource Corp image has claim another victim this time the Sequatchie Valley Switching Co. Only MP15AC on the roster. Personally I like the green scheme on this butthead but that's ... (more)