Night Shift
With a relieve crew onboard to bring the A&WP/WofA local train back to Montgomery, A746 must first work the final customer of the night before it can make it back to the ... (more)

Fading away
With its yellow staring to fall apart like the pile of scrap rail which it passes in front of, a standard cab pulls today’s 336 out of Opelika and past the remnants of a... (more)

With their work at West Fraser done, the friendly conductor of A746 walks along the side of his train performing a brake te... (more)

A former Conrail SD60I leads a very short and fast Q612 as the train muscles its way out of Opelika with nearly 3000 feet of cars after waiting for a meet with Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD60I
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 8739
Train ID: CSX Q612
Photo Date: September 11, 2011

On this day of remembrance, a Patriotic UP Gevo leads Q145 over the diamond interlocking as NS freight train 336 patiently waits on the other side before continuing its journey to Columbus.

NS train 137 glides over Waverly Parkway as an interesting assortment of locomotives pull today’s mixed freight, including a CSX visitor and a former C&NW SD60 now under the ownership of Helm Le... (more)

Aggregate train K778 pounds the diamond in Opelika as it continues the southward journey to Montgomery with 55 empty rock hoppers in tow. This is the Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE AC6000CW
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 635
Train ID: CSX K778
Photo Date: August 13, 2011

Atlanta & West Point caboose #553 was built in 1941 and refurbished in 1981. Examine the window to the left of "The West Point Route" emblem and curtains are clearly seen

The initials of our nation’s eighth largest railroad at the time still proudly proclaim the name of Seaboard Coast Line. Painted on the side of this woodchip hopper in 1970 by Pullman Standard,... (more)

Southern Pacific SD45R #7400 leads a solid set of SP run-thru power eastbound. #7400 was built in August 1966 as SP 8809. Left roster and became CEFX #9500

Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Obtained by the Missouri Pacific in 1967, the C&EI allowed the MoPac to gain direct access to Chicago from St. Louis. The C&EI would operate as a unit of M... (more)

Northern Empire
After numerous requests and denials for merger and nearly 75 years after James J. Hill first suggested the idea, on March 2nd 1970 the Burlington Northern was born. Or... (more)

The second Q601 seen that day, makes a late afternoon run into the city of Opelika during the last rays of light. The train will meet Q612 which is stopped between the switches of Opelika on the m... (more)

Southern Serves the South
More than just a slogan; this was how the Southern Railway operated. From modifying cars to meet customer needs, or becoming the first railroad to introduce ... (more)

Peek-a-boo
Q619 is framed through the base opening of the Western Railway of Alabama coal tower as it is about to take the siding for a meet with Q602 in Opelika.