For a moment as this westbound came through the interlocking, I thought I was capturing one of the rare loaded rock trains that happen to originate from one of the two quarries in Columbus. But as... (more)
A short timer Q611 hustles through Opelika with 6500 feet of train as it passes the iconic coal tower from the steam days of railroading. The yellow diamond on the right is a CSX speed limit sign... (more)
Q606 rolls into the city of Opelika under the cover of darkness lead by a rather clean looking YN2 painted AC4400. Tonight’s Q606 measures in at over 7600 foot long train and is comprised of 12... (more)
The afternoon running A746 crosses the interlocking with NS as it pulls into Opelika with 11 cars. The train will soon back into one of the spur tracks here so as to get out of the way for a sout... (more)