Two days after Hurricane Ivan devistated the Florida and Alabama coast, trees and debris still litter the CSX Main Line.
BN's Pensacola turn is utilizing trackage rights on CSX at Flomaton. BN 2115 was ex-SLSF 638, 2/71, 37023. This operation was later taken over by Alabama & Gulf Coast. Kodak 200 print, Canon AE... (more)
A big AC motor leads the east-bound intermodal into Goulding Yard.
Switcher putting the Stella Turn together at Goulding Yard, alongside Q601 who's ready to leave.
This side of the engine does not have the engine number 13. See photo 32299 to see the other side as well as some changes. In the past 9 months the bell and horn have been added.
Replacing the rails calls for lots of mechanized equipment. This truck was brought in to support the track gang.
Southern Pacific run-through power was common on CSXT's former L&N route from New Orleans to Florida. On Mar. 15, 1996, CSXT R102-15 rolls eastward with SP GP60s 9752, 9722 and SD45T-2 6845.
Seven GP30's and GP30M's, all ex-Alabama Gulf Railroad, undergoing maintenance in Goulding Yard preparatory to being delivered to their new owner.
CSX 7847 rolls off the Biloxi Bay bridge and into Ocean Springs.
Westbound, my third and last train of this long day. The wooden trestle was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2005 and has been replaced with a concrete structure.
The day's last available rays puts a slightly odd hue on yellow armor paint. Last unit is SP 5110 (B23-7).
SD70MAC 788 leads Q631 across the Escambia Bay Bridge.
A westbound CSXT stack train creeps through Pass Christian, MS with an UP SD90/43MAC in the lead.
Eastbound Sunset Limited along Escambia Bay. Amtrak no longer runs through here.