A quiet morning at the Huntsville Intermodal Center finds the SW900 & RS-1 basking in the sun.

A late afternoon empty coal train passes by the oldest surviving depot in the state of Alabama. Completed in 1860, the Huntsville depot is one of three Pre Civil War depots still in existence in A... (more)

NS Erie Heritage Unit leads NS Train 325 past the Historic Huntsville Depot Museum west bound to Sheffield, AL

Passing the Civil War-era depot in downtown Huntsville (now a museum), the NS F-units lead an office car deadhead move toward Memphis for an upcoming inspection trip.

The 8923, built for the New York Central in 1951, was H&MC's backup unit for their regular SW9, the 8933, for several years, but to my knowledge, it spent most or all of that time sitting behind a... (more)

Huntsville is nicknamed "The Rocket City," which seems to be a fitting name as the DPU of a Scherer coal train shoves by the US Space and Rocket Center, also home of Space Camp. The gigantic Satur... (more)

Huntsville & Madison County NW2 #527 awaiting its next work at Huntsville, AL in Nov. 1987.

Alco RSD-1 #8652 is getting warmed up to lead a MoW special at the North Alabama Railroad Museum near Huntsville, belching characteristic Alco smoke. Next to it is Alco S-2 #484; alas, this engin... (more)

IIC 8652, a former Lehigh Valley SW900, sits idle on a Sunday morning.

Being an Alco fan, this was a great find. An RS-1, number 107, sits idle on a Sunday morning.

The Madison local tugs a long cut of containers onto the #1 track at the International Intermodal Center in Madison.

Here's something you don't see everyday.... a high-hood leading a stack train. NS 201 set out these containers last night at the Madison storage track. An NS local out of Decatur, AL brings them t... (more)

With the International Intermodal Center's HMCAA SW900 8652 in tow, the classic SD40-2 duo of A85 heads down the International Intermodal Center Lead where they will set out the SW900 and pick up ... (more)

I discovered this little gem on a drive between Guntersville and Huntsville on US 431. After dropping down Mount Mazzazuzu into Huntsville I crossed a track and noticed a headlight off to the west... (more)