NS 6135 finds a sucker hole in the clouds as it waits for traffic to clear up before continuing working the 32nd Street area as another local waits off in the distance behind it.

Things are about to change... as WATCO will be taking over this shortline effective January 1, 2012. This is one of the , if not last, Birmingham Southern train before the takeover seen com... (more)

Amtrak's phase 1 schemed P42DC number 156 guides it's train into the station at Birmingham.

The wonderful Birmingham afternoon sun catches this I-modal as he heads into downtown.

L&N 863 looks good on this sunny June afternoon, but the days of cab units on the L&N are drawing to a close.

Though they occupy adjacent numerical spots in the L&N roster, 5019 and 5020 exhibit different paint schemes, with 5019 in the older slanted lettering with black outlines and scalloped nose, and 5... (more)

Steel Circle of Life
With their days of rolling along the Nation’s railroad behind them, scrap wheels of which some were cast in Calera, Alabama now find themselves at the more)

Two versions of the EMD SD70MAC lead today’s empty grain train G111 into the final miles of the Boyles Terminal Sub as the train crosses over the Norfolk Southern tracks at the 14th Street inter... (more)

What are you looking at butthead? With Q235 out of the way and a signal given to it from the NS dispatcher, Engine... (more)

A Southern Belle sandwich pulls the always exciting NS 339 freight train into downtown Birmingham with the illustrious Sloss Furnaces defining the background. This is the Railroad: Kansas City Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: KCS 4029
Train ID: NS 339
Photo Date: October 15, 2011

A veteran GE standard cab Dash 8 leads the second Q235 seen this day as the train heads into the sun with another load of a... (more)

With a GEVO and EMD locomotive pulling today’s Q678, this Atlanta bound freight train departs from the city of Birmingham as the iconic Sloss Furnace continues to stand tall in the background.