An oddball coal train loading at the Port of Birmingham on the BHRR, is now on NS and headed for Lambert's Point in Norfolk, VA. In the background is Frisco 4018, on display at Sloss Furnace.

They say luck is when opportunity meets skill... we knew that Y130 was returning from interchanging at NS Norris Yard. We were pleasantly surprised by AB10 holding at CMC instead of pulling down ... (more)

With a giant 329-11 in the background still pumping up his brakes, AB10 scoots around the wye up the NA District. Time was on our side, as NS sent AB10, 329 & AB09 up the NS district within a spa... (more)

AB09 returns to Finley Yard, after working Schnitzer Steel, passing under one of the last remaining Southern RR riveted cantilevers.

UP/New Orleans run-through 344 gets moving now that yard jobs have cleared up at Irondale. Meanwhile, 23E-11 heads west on the Passenger Main.

One of roughly a dozen SD50-3s left on the CSX system works with an SD40-3 at CSX's Boyles Yard in Birmingham. While its days of leading road trains are likely over, the big EMD is more than capab... (more)

Norfolk Southern train #329 passing through the Block Two and Lehigh Junctions leaving out of Birmingham,AL on the NA West District destined for Sheffield,AL.

A pair of CSXT ST70AH Locomotives lead hotshot Intermodal Train Q026-12 north as they pass through downtown Birmingham, AL.

Norfolk Southern Heritage unit #8114 leads Train 329 west as they pass through Birmingham, AL, on their way to Sheffield, AL.

BlendStar's SD40-2 prepares to move ethanol cars at the company's unloading facility adjacent to BNSF's East Thomas Yard. This locomotive is rarely visible and is a real rarity to see.

Daily NS Freight Train 329 (Irondale, AL - Sheffield, AL) heads North as they cross over CSX's 27th Street interlocking with the Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit leading the Virginian Heritage Unit.

NS 8114 leads Sheffield bound train 329 through Block Two at Lehigh in Birmingham, Alabama on the NA West End District. May 11, 2020.

Norfolk Southern Heritage unit #8114 leads Train 329 west as they pass through 27th Street interlocking in Birmingham, AL, on their way to Sheffield, AL.

Daily NS Freight Train 329 (Irondale, AL - Sheffield, AL) heads North through Birmingham with the Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit on the point.