As a severe storm brews up trouble in the background, westbound empties glide downhill in dynamics through the beautiful Hawks Nest gorge. Photo taken at 10mm wide.
Beauty and the Beast Tracy takes a picture of this Mother/Slug set that is resting in Notasulga. These engines have been shuffling cars all day in the Vulcan Quarry just north of town.
After 45 minutes since the last train went north I started to get ancy and bored. If it wasn't for the blurp of static on the scanner I would've left. And if I did leave. I would've missed this... (more)
CSX 2565 sits tied down at the Athens depot, the unit is assigned to the Y111 local. The loco was spotted in the perfect place, under the lights from the nearby sports field.