It's just after sunset, and two northbound trains sit at Bell Street after both crews died on hours. An Alco/slug set has come to tow the northbound L&N local (behind two GP30s) to S&NA yard, but... (more)

The southbound Floridian was often hours late. Bad track north of Louisville caused most of the delays, but on this day the ailing Es aren't helping matters, so an SCL GE helps out. It's late su... (more)

A freight starts south for Dothan and Thomasville from the joint L&N/SCL yard in Montgomery.

With their air brake test completed, the conductor gets a ride back to the head end of his BNSF powered train as they orange units sit and reflect on the south bound trip awaiting them.

With a little help from CSX Y196 in having their EOT light brought to them, M700 waits for traffic to clear and hearkens back... (more)

The GP35 was not an important model on SCL's roster with just 16 units; six inherited from ACL, and ten from SAL. After the merger, the GP35s seemed to show up more often on former SAL secondary ... (more)

Waiting for clearance to head fro Birmingham...

Black diamonds destined for Mobile speed out of Montgomery as this train navigates the slight chicane on track 1 near the West Railroad Street crossing.

The remote job of Y196 shoves hard on empty tank cars as a conductor on the rear protects this move back into the confines of the S&NA Yard of Montgomery.

Sitting in the S&NA yard a pair of AC powered locomotives from today’s two diesel-electric manufactures can be seen coupled to one another with contrasting CSX paint schemes as they wait for the... (more)

Second Hand As M700 heads out of Montgomery, the conductor’s seat clearly lets you see that this unit has not always worn the CSX Dark Future paint and was originally used by another sou... (more)

Trailed by a rusty ex-CS caboose, a local heads out to work what's left of the old SAL on Montgomery's east side. After a crew member resets the smash board, 1220 starts south to work industries... (more)

Its 567s already removed for transplanting into a pair of RS-1s, 101A will soon be towed to West End Yard, where it will spend a few weeks before heading to the scrapper.

With two ex-L&N U23Bs bracketing an ex-SCL GP16, the only hint of Chessie influence on this nb freight entering Chester Yard is a battery box cover on 3243. That's IM train 145 sliding by in the b... (more)