Sitting 902 miles away from Richmond, VA along the former Atlantic Coast Line trackage into Montgomery, Q648 waits for a signal to crossover onto the ex-L&N mainline for a straight shot north to B... (more)

An odd couple for sure, this CSX train with no CSX power whatsoever heads up the WofA mainline towards Tysonville where their train awaits. This would be the 2nd and 3rd Class I representation se... (more)

Another pair of foreign locomotives have been called to power a CSX train, this time the Q611 which put way its train in the yard north of this location minutes earlier. Seeing this combo was qui... (more)

A GP38-2 and fellow Dash 8 sit on the pocket track as the Z-man slowly creeps into the yard behind them on a typical summer afternoon comprised of a cloud filled sky.

A CEFX leaser unit gets the honors of being the remote controlled powered unit for Y194 today as it works the north end of the yard. Seeing something other than CSX painted power connected to the... (more)

A short Z762 with mostly all boxcars is pulled into the “4 Fairgrounds” track behind the uncommon sight of only two locomotives. At least four units is the normal amount of power this train i... (more)

A moment of poor judgement in the yard at Montgomery means 713 is headed for some shop time.

The CSX Track Geometry car decides to make a stop in Montgomery this weekend as it sits tied down in the interchange yard. Please cli... (more)

Because of too much tonnage for the power assigned to this train, G594 would have to delay its departure as it killed some time cutting off a few cars from its heavy grain train before leaving. I... (more)

Remote Control
Known as the RCP-C or “sled”, this former pulpwood flatcar has been modified to act as a remote control platform. With an electrical cabinet on the B-end and multi... (more)

The mill job known as Y221 has finally made it back to the S&NA yard from its resting spot earlier this morning. After dropp... (more)

After parking the power for Q681 on the left, the Y550 crew starts to move another set of power. This time it’s a mother slug set with an elegant GP30 body as the slug. From this view the distin... (more)

Lego and a Leaser Q576 starts rolling north onto the Magic City with a rather short train of only 19 cars as it gets a light to depart Montgomery and head on out. more)

Having thwarted my attempt to capture it on the point of Q611 yesterday, the power from that train finds itself tied down on the pocket track just ahead of more)

As the power for Q681 sits and waits for a midday crew, it’s apparent that the 8782 has visited the paint booth recently as evident by the shiny coat of paint and new boxcar logo on the long hoo... (more)