In command of northbound train I128, the CSX Operation Lifesaver locomotive sporting the 50th Anniversary scheme, heads north on the mainline with stacks of containers.

CSX's "Family Lines System" Heritage Locomotive #1972 is seen as the DPU on southbound loaded Coal Train C040 as they pass through Talladega, AL.

Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Train Y103 is on the last leg of their journey north from Ragland to their yard in Gadsden. They're seen here doing some street running through downtown Gadsden w... (more)

Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Train Y103 heads north to their yard in Gadsden as they come into Glencoe, AL.

Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Train Y103 heads north to their yard in Gadsden as they pass through Reads Mill, AL.

Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Train Z390 heads southbound through 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL. on their way to interchange with CSX at Boyles Yard.

Autoracks pass through Broughton as train X212 on a sunny afternoon. This is an extra movement, the X on the trains id signifies that.

One of several intermodal trains that travel through Broughton, rolls north on a clear spring day. The next train this crew will meet is M209, which is around 20 miles from here.

One of the twelve new heritage units that CSX has been painting lately, gives this empty hooper train a shove on its way for more coal. The Family Lines unit rolls by the historic Wadley Depot t... (more)

NS 954 aka the BNSF OCS returns from the Masters at Augusta.

In the year 2014 the Sequatchie Valley Railroad was still living up the reputation of the shortline that you never know what might be on the roster. A fine example of that is this hidden gem in pl... (more)

NS A25 local with a SD70M-2 and SD60E in charge lead a northbound by Heflin.

Looking across a bridge that crosses the Tallapoosa River, I witness the lead engine of CSX train I183 blow through the crossing towards Wadley with 266 axles.

Built as TFM 2647, the original KCS grey paint from General Electric, Erie, PA is definitely showing it's age. One of my favorite "90's era" simplified paint schemes, I'll still get out... (more)

99 loads of Northern Alabama metallurgical coal are a few miles away from unloading at the Alabama Port Authority McDuffie Terminal.