The work horse for today's Y290 gets ready for another night of work sorting cars in the adjacent and former Western Railway of Alabama's Chester Yard.

The mill job leaves Montgomery with all empty boxcars and three tank cars, all while being pulled by a nostalgic con... (more)

With yard job Y120 holding on main 2, K989 and its train of loaded aggregate rock from Calera, AL head on out of Mo... (more)

With its work done for today, Y120 shoves its way back into S&NA Yard with a really clean looking Dash 8 standard cab.

With a new pair of engines, X220 heads back to the north end of Chester Yard in hopes of getting a track warrant to finally being its journey towards West Point, GA in hopes of picking up a trainl... (more)

The power for today's Kia Sorento autorack train was about to depart Montgomery for the automaker's 1st North American plant in West Point, but due to the fact that the trailing unit seen here was... (more)

Amtrak E8 253, ex SCL 596, exx SAL 3057 and leased SCL E7 5557, ex SCL 557, ex SAL 3031 poke out from under the north end of the huge trainshed at Montgomery, AL, while powering the northbound Flo... (more)

A parade of southbounds, four to be exact, start their way into Montgomery yard for crew changes. Q617 leads the pact as it rounds the curve near Michigan St. and is about to enter the A&WP/WofA C... (more)

Q617 leads a pack of four southbounds through Montgomery, the parade of trains was due to a broken rail. The repair took a few hours and thus southbound trains from the A&WP were stacked up.

After a few hours of picking up cars, Q521 makes it way out of Montgomery while passing the former passenger shed on its right. The silos on the left used to house the former Amtrak station in Mo... (more)

Hot on the heels of Q617, Q601 and its fresh crew make their way onto the M&M Subdivision as seen from the view of O... (more)

The power for today's Q681 waits for its crew. This power would eventually have to be reversed due to the fact that the lead unit's horn was cut out.

The crew of X400 has decided to wye their engines and are doing so via the "new way" with the 7327 as the lead unit. The engines will continue to North Yard where there train of mixed freight is ... (more)

Safety First
Decked out in their new fluorescent safety vests, a pair of crews exchange pleasantries and the controls of Q145 as it prepares to depart Montgomery southward. The piles... (more)

An empty rock train passes the signals at Bell St. headed into the yard.