It felt like a movie scene from Twisters with all of the people lined up through Lake Cormorant to see CN 3008 leading in the last bit of light left in the day.

A friend of mine gave me the heads up that CN 3008 (Illinois Central) was put on the head end of A488. Thankfully with it being summer, there was still enough light to capture a few shots of It -... (more)

CN’s Memphis to Mobile mixed freight A488 swings around the Co-Op in Lucedale, MS, as they roll south on CN’s Beaumont Subdivision. The train is led by CN 3023, CN’s Elgin Joliet and Eastern... (more)

A pair of CN GEs bring Memphis, TN to Mobile, AL freight A488 through Merrill, MS on CN’s Beaumont Subdivision. Here they are framed crossing a small marsh just east of the Pascagoula River.

As scattered afternoon thunderstorms roll over south Mississippi, CN’s Wisconsin Central heritage unit brings manifest train A488 through Lucedale, MS. CN 3069 would be first of the CN heritage ... (more)

CN’s Memphis, TN to Mobile, AL manifest A488 rolls in with the sunset through CP Tullos in Latonia, MS behind a BNSF/UP GE duo.

CN A488 had mostly chemical cars at the front of his super train and was being pulled by 2 Tier 4 units plus a surprise IC SD70 1021. Here, it can be seen passing under the 3D detector just north... (more)

As evening turns to night, a trio of GEs bring CN A488 through Semmes, AL on the last few miles of their trip.

As sunset falls over CN's Beaumont Subdivision, mixed freight A488 rumbles south across the MS/AL state line, framed here at Moffettville.

The cool winter night is briefly disturbed as a late CN A488 passes through Lucedale, MS on CN’s Beaumont Subdivision. Framed through a double exposure, they’re seen passing the Lucedale Co-Op... (more)

CN manifest A488 hauls south through the rural eastern side of George County on CN’s Beaumont Subdivision behind a pair of CSX motors. SD70MAC rebuild 4551 leads the way as they pass CP Tullos, ... (more)

CN A488 hauls past CP Moffettville just west of Wilmer, AL with BNSF 966 on point.

BNSF 966, wearing the BNSF H1 scheme, leads CN A488 around the curve through Lucedale, MS and past the George County Co-Op.

BNSF 966, wearing the BNSF H1 scheme, leads CN A488 across a small swamp off the Pascagoula River in Merrill, MS.