Norfolk Southern Freight Train makes their way Northbound as they pass through Irondale, AL. heading into Norris Yard to Yard their Train

Coming up on the Norris yard lead NS A38 with a trio of EMDs come back from a long 12 hour job arond the Birmingham are.

NS 342 (Selma, AL-Birmingham, AL) slowly pull up on the Norris Yard lead with a pair of Union Pacific motors at the lead.

Norfolk Southern Northbound Local Freight Train AB06 stopped at 20th Street in Irondale, AL. waiting to head into Norris Yard with CREX ES44AC 1328 on the point

NS Train 24E pulls up to a stop for a Crew change with all KCS power on this clear night.

Southern Railway GP49's #4600, 4604 & 4605 await the call to duty at Southern Railway's Norris Yard. #4600 was built November 1980 and later became Norfolk Southern #4600. After leaving roster, u... (more)

After a new coat of paint and its nose emblem added, this former Pennsy E8 looks great in the Southern Railway scheme as it sits at the Grants Mill Station on a foggy morning. All that’s left i... (more)

A former Pennsylvania Railroad E8 has been transformed and repainted in Southern colors, and will soon play host to Trios BBQ, located at Grants Mill Station shopping center in Irondale, Alabama.

Only one “Crescent Cab” unit is all that’s needed for the power of today’s NS 22R as the new crew finishes putting th... (more)

The missing link
Named the “Crescent Cab”, these wide nose cabs were developed with crew safety in mind and built for the SD60E rebuild program began by NS in 2010. The Cro-Magno... (more)

A solid set of classic EMD power mostly in the form of 4-axles units leads the local A38 into Irondale. Soon this train enter into the receiving yard of Norris where it will await its turn to go ... (more)

With a hot train of domestic containers heading for Atlanta, 24E passes by a Canadian visitor on that day’s NS 335 whose cr... (more)

A motley assortment of vintage equipment will soon become retail space as the former railroad equipment is part of a major facelift to the Grants Mill Station shopping center in Irondale. The tra... (more)

Built in 1952 for the Pennsylvanian Railroad, this veteran E8 will soon attract customers again as it’s slated to become one of the central attractions at the renovated Grants Mill Station shopp... (more)

While the dominance of 40’ boxcars came to an end during the 1950s with the creation of the standard 50’ boxcar for general merchandise traffic, some 40 footers like this beauty from the Ameri... (more)