NS train 325, with a mix of NS and UP power, departs Brock after meeting 738.

Three SD40-2s and a GP60B are in charge of a southbound as it passes through Quinton. The multitude of tracks in the foreground are part of the coal train holding yard for Alabama Power's Plant Mi... (more)

CSX Y220 arrives at Oak Street Yard to drop off cars for the PAL while two Geeps, including PAL's University of Kentucky unit, sit next to the yard office.

Lengthening shadows creep across the valley floor as NS train 170 heads toward Chattanooga behind a Warbonnet and a Dash 9.

A BNSF Dash 9 with primer paint on the front corner of the cab leads CSX train Q575, which often sports BNSF power, through Hartselle. Too bad the SD75M wasn't leading.

A loaded Palos coal train enters the curve at Townley. Second out is BN 9556, miraculously still devoid of any BNSF patches.

A southbound intermodal passes the distinctive station in Tuscaloosa, which is still a stop for Amtrak's Crescent.

Q575 races down the former L&N mainline with a colorful consist of BNSF power accentuating the fall foliage.

A northbound empty ore train (likely U-BIRSEM) crosses Lost Creek, just west (timetable north) of Jasper on the former Frisco.

A northbound auto rack train passes by the restored station in Bridgeport.

A BNSF rock train rolls through the siding at Bleecker behind a Warbonnet GP60M and an SD40-2 duo. The rear end of NS train 334 can be seen in the distance. Unfortunately, vandals have violated th... (more)

A northbound departs Macon Siding, heading for CSX's intermodal terminal at Fairburn, GA.

Two freshly painted CSX units and a pair of BNSF Dash 9s make for a colorful consist as they lead a southbound down the former L&N.

325 glides into Gurley with its usual large array of motive power. Sixth out is NS MP15DC 2396, likely having just visited the diesel shop in Chattanooga.