While this loaded grain train is symbolled as CSX G452, you really wouldn’t know it based on the locomotive power up front. With a mix of Eastern, Mid-west and Western power, this southbound tr... (more)

Lite power in the form of foreign Norfolk Southern units return to Opelika after having dropped off their train of empty auto racks at the Kia automobile assembly plant in West Point, GA earlier i... (more)

The conductor of today's A746 rides back to the main line on the rear of this engine after dropping off one boxcar in the transfer tracks at Opelika. The boxcar, which was a bad ordered one, will... (more)

Three days prior to this photo, the old US&S color light signal was still protecting this section of track on the former WofA line. While the signal upgrade along the line has been going on since... (more)

A746 decides to disregard the sign indicating additional parking on the north side of the tracks and instead places its cars on the south side. Just one more car will need to be set out after thi... (more)

Another empty Scherer coal train uses the alternate route to get back to the Memphis gateway from the massive Georgia Power plant in Juliette, GA. Instead of traversing back north through the cong... (more)

The 7913 poses for another night photo in front of my camera, as it pulls freight train Q571 on the West Point Route. This evening the 1... (more)

The Southway Crane & Rigging machine digs in as it begins to lift the A-end of GATX tank car number 69610 who fell in-between the gauge earlier in the day. more)

Aggregate rock trains for the KCS add some extra variety on NS P-Line since they typically run with colorful KCS and sometimes CP power.... (more)

A brand new GE Tier 4 GEVO looks nice and clean today as it leads an empty Scherer coal train into Opelika. The environmentally friendly loco shows off its clean exhaust system meanwhile its EMD t... (more)

Tonight's Q220 consist is quite a sight to behold. Whether it be the classic SD50-3 unit or the recently repainted UP AC4400, either one would look great at the front of this 62 car auto rack tra... (more)

The NS/BNSF combination of power at the front this train illustrates the cooperation that exists between these two railroad's in order to get coal from the mines in Wyoming to a customer in centra... (more)

Blooming Pink Crape Myrtle trees greet today’s X220 train as it races into Opelika on a sunny July afternoon. One of the 19 CSX SD70ACe models does the honors as it pulls today unit train compri... (more)

The 3314 leads Q619 out of the Opelika siding after meeting one as it begins to throttle up for the climb towards Auburn with 118 cars in tow.

A mostly EMD lash up of power pulls the MoW train of W045 into the city of Opelika this afternoon. The 28 car train is moving a variety of interesting sights such as gondolas full of scrap rails ... (more)