Pushers assist an intermodal up the mountain. Lots of things have changed since my last visit here about 9 years ago. But the volume of trains has not changed at all.
An NS train rolls west as the first major winter storm of the season gets started on the west slope. This was one of the very few coal trains we saw, dramatically less than 10 years ago.
The historic depot in Stevenson, Alabama, is all decked out for Christmas. It was built in 1872 as a joint venture between the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and the Nashville and Chattanooga R... (more)