A trio of CN units leads a unit ethanol train south through downtown Birmingham on CSX rails.

One of Amtrak's specially-painted "50th Anniversary" units leads the southbound Crescent, train #19, through Birmingham, AL.

Boyle was almost always good for L&N Fs in their final months of service.

Norfolk Southern's Savannah & Atlanta Heritage locomotive #1065 leads Train 183 south through 43rd Street in Birmingham, AL.

CSXT C40-8W #7868 still wearing its YN2 paint, leads Y130 across Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. In Birmingham, AL., as they head back to Boyles Yard with interchange from Norfolk Southern

CSXT C40-8W #7868 still wearing its YN2 paint, leads Y130 across Highway 11 in Birmingham, AL., as they head back to Boyles Yard with interchange from Norfolk Southern

SW1500s were a common sight a Boyles Yard in the 1970s, some in the newer, simplified L&N switcher scheme, and some in this earlier scheme, with slanted letters and numbers in yellow, outlined in ... (more)

CSXT ES44AH #3194, specially painted to honor Law Enforcement leads train Q514 northbound into downtown Birmingham, AL., on their way to Nashville, TN.

Couple of unusual things in this roster shot... 6015 is coupled to the two SD28s, and it has 'Illinois Central' on the long hood, but ICG emblem on the freshly-repainted nose.

Union Pacific's "Powered By Our People" unit leads NS train 344 from New Orleans through downtown Birmingham, AL.

Union Pacific's "Powered By Our People" unit leads NS train 344 through Birmingham, AL, passing the old Sloss Furnaces.

Norfolk Southern local AB10 passes through downtown Birmingham, AL., at 32nd Street on their way to work CMC Steel in Woodlawn, AL.

Union Pacific's "Powered By Our People" SD70ACe Locomotive #1111 leads Norfolk Southern Train 344 north through downtown Birmingham, AL.

Just moments before clouds cover the sun, NS 1800 and NS 1065 power NS 183 into Birmingham, AL on NS’s AGS South District headed for McIntosh, AL. NS 1800 NS 1065 NS 7651 NS 9341