One of CSXT's Yard Jobs is seen here shoving their Train back to their yard in in Montgomery, AL.

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Wearing brand new paint and leading an all-orange Genesee & Wyoming consist for today’s Z762, the six axle MB 3402 pulls a very long train of boxcars around the Alabama... (more)

As the sun breaks through an opening in a slow moving mass of clouds, the lone leader of today’s Q617 is briefly illuminated as it passes the train shed in Montgomery. This one unit must still ... (more)

Running long hood forward all the way from Meridian, the MB 3401 leads a rather large and interesting consist complete with a G&W slug in the mix as it begins to head into the S&NA yard.

With the usual sled being utilized elsewhere, this Y194 working today in the yard goes about sorting cars the old fashioned w... (more)

Running short on time and needing to get into the yard quickly, an unexpected W train comes into Montgomery with a short consist of 12 cars. These cars are a special customer request and will be ... (more)

Although it looks like part of today’s Z762 consist, the CSXT 2636 is actually one track over from the orange painted leader as it slowly enters into the yard at Montgomery.

Coal and automobiles, which are two of this state’s constant exports, meet and greet each other in Montgomery as they pass through the capital on a hot July 4th morning.

As the sun starts to finally break through the early morning haze, Q678 is illuminated quite nicely and shows off the very clean paint of this brand new UP Gevo leading today’s train.

A very clean and rather new UP Gevo leads two other locomotives belonging to Uncle Pete around the "new way" as they are about to get onto the WofA mainline for a straight shot to Atlant... (more)

Independence Day finds Q650 finally making its way into the yard after having to wait for a surprising amount of traffic ahead of it to move out of the way.

The 8025 and its RCP-C "sled" continue to break down a cut of cars from a train that passed through here hours before on a very sunny afternoon in May.

An iconic looking SD40-2 painted into the newest CSX scheme pulls into the Chester Yard trackage with today’s afternoon running Q611 behind it.

Pulling a typical all boxcar consist destined for the International Paper plant just up the road from here, Y221 ducks underneath the Coosa Street signal bridge as the end of day is near.

Coming off the A&WP mainline and onto the M&M sub, Q619 is about to pass a grain silo that once was home to Amtrak when it had service in Montgomery. It certainly was one of the most unique Amtra... (more)