Q600 passes a cotton field on its way north, as its unusually large cut of woodchip hoppers stretch across the scene.

The hump in the tracks that the intermodal cars are cresting marks the beginning of a long downhill run; for southbounds, it's a racetrack from here to Montgomery. Also notice the Tropicana juice ... (more)

Q619 blasts south through beautiful downtown Loachapoka.

black diamonds roll south through the open country on the West Point Route

a northbound on the West Point Route passes the signal at milepost 121.5 (distance from Atlanta)

You probably wouldn't be able to tell by looking at the surroundings, but this northbound is actually cresting the summit of a fairly steep grade that began several miles back at Chehaw.

A pair of fairly rare locomotives (for contemporary service on a class 1 railroad), in the form of C36-7 #7128 and SD40 #4606, lead a southbound loaded ballast train.

With its duties in the immediate area completed, loaded ballast train A013 accelerates south.

two dirty dash 8's race toward Montgomery with a grain train