On what was a well-trafficked line back in Seaboard Air Line days, just a handful of cars trail the three diesels on the six-days-a-week Columbus turn. In a couple years CSX will sell the line to... (more)

This is a pretty good snapshot of much of the countryside of southwest Georgia - gently rolling terrain covered with pine trees and dotted with modest frame houses, and of branchline operations of... (more)

The northbound Floridian kicks up dust as it speeds through Elmore, site of the junction with a branch to Wetumpka, the county seat. The tank cars - probably carrying chemicals needed by a local ... (more)

Three SD40-2s and a GP38-2 swing to the right and off the New Orleans main as they start their trip to north Alabama and then on to Memphis. Just ahead at 27th Street interlocking they will cross... (more)

A shabby ex-B&O E8A (assisted by a leased SCL E7A) is on the headend of the Floridian during its stop at Montgomery's equally shabby Union Station.

The crew has the Columbus turn together, and is pulling east on the line to Savannah. Once clear of the switch, they will back the whole train around the connection in the foreground to the Bainb... (more)

For many years prior to the 1972 merger with IC, RS-1s were workhorses for GM&O around Montgomery, handling switching, transfers and the daily turn to Union Camp near Prattville. By 1975, in spit... (more)

Fall colors provide a vivid backdrop as pooled SP power leads an eastbound intermodal train on its approach to the west end of Norris Yard.

Evidently there are problems with the Amtrak diesels, so D&RGW has added a tunnel motor to keep the CZ rolling.

Another loaded grain train is about to cross BNSF's former SL-SF main as it heads for the Gulf. It's been easy-going since Joplin, but in a few hundred yards the headend will hit the bottom of Mc... (more)

Four red-nosed GP35s bring a grain train - with lots of home road cars - north on the jointly-operated (with MoPac) river line. They will cross that river in a couple miles on the huge bridge to ... (more)

Delivered as Lake Terminal 1009 in January 1948, this NW2 appears to have been well-tended over its 25 years of service. I think Acipco had another EMD switcher in orange and green.

A southbound freight - so close to Brosnan Yard the crew can smell it - has to cool its heels in the Arkwright passing track as a northbound intermodal roars by behind three B36-7s - half of South... (more)

Running on track that will be out of service before the end of the year, Southern's Eufaula to Ozark train passes the former Central of Georgia depot, now equipped with a basketball goal and surro... (more)

The most 'SCL' of diesels, U36Bs served a weird dual-role on the railroad. They often fronted the hottest trains on the road, especially on the ex-ACL main between Richmond and Florida. They als... (more)