The lite power of W080 heads through the new way route running in true Conrail fashion with its class lights turned on. This train is beginning to embark on a run up to the more)

A triple header of UP locomotives pull the Florida bound Q685 into Montgomery this morning. Included in this train’s consist is one of the massive EMD SD9043MAC locomotives riding third out.

The typically night time running Q145 is caught in daylight this Saturday morning as it waits at Court Street for a crew change. Running a little shorter than normal and without any UP power, thi... (more)

After having dropped off its second unit at the locomotive shops, the UP 4716 now returns back to its train tied down on the... (more)

GM&O (and later ICG) depended on RS-1s for about 30 years, from the start of deliveries in 1945, until ICG finally pulled the plug in late 1975 and replaced the Alcos with a flood of geeps. In Mo... (more)

The tail end of Q220 wobbles a bit as it heads out of the yard in Montgomery on this Independence Day morning. While all railroads strive for perfect track, it's sometimes hard to achieve and mai... (more)

In a preview of the FL/SS/CSX future, ACL closed its Montgomery yard in the 1960s, and moved into affiliate L&N's S&NA yard a few hundreds yards to the north. The power in the engine facility on ... (more)

Having just picked up two loaded boxcars from the Acme Brick company, Y195 waits for permission from the yard tower before it crosses the WofA mainline.

To cut cost, L&N simplified their great gray and yellow scheme several times. The black outlining the yellow was eliminated, the 'pine tree' nose treatment was simplified, lettering was simplifie... (more)

After waiting for Y221 to get loose, Y202 has made it out past the Coosa Street signal where the train will wait for a Medium... (more)

On a hazy, humid Alabama summer afternoon, a quartet of Amtrak's big SDPs slides to a stop in Montgomery with the southbound Floridian. A pair of SDPs was typical, with an occasional trio showing... (more)

Due to call from higher up, Q617 has just dropped off its trailing unit at the small yard next to the CSX diesel shop. Even though we're in Alabama, this CSX shop proudly displays a Floridian vib... (more)

There's a summer thunderstorm with driving rain, but the Union Station shed - in spite of hundreds of leaks - offers a dry vantage point to watch an inbound freight from Dothan pass by. In 1973, ... (more)

Looks like L&N 543 is about to get a little attention.

L&N slug set heads back to L&N's S&NA yard after delivering a transfer to ICG at West End. S80m was L&N's designation for Alco switchers repowered with 567s. The slug was converted from an L&N R... (more)