A GP38 that was acquired by Southern when it took over the original NS leads what I think is a Georgia Florida train from Albany into the NS yard in Valdosta. The seven NS GP38s were given high-n... (more)

Retired L&N units - mostly C420s - wait on the former Rock Island 2nd main that served as an interchange track between CSX and the Iowa Railroad in the early 1980s.

Wood products - mostly logs and chips - kept the segment of the ex-CofG Roanoke branch between Opelika and Lafayette open until the late 1990s, when it was spun-off to the Pine Belt Southern. That... (more)

After storms damaged the line between Columbus and Birmingham in the mid-90s, NS rerouted traffic via Atlanta. After repairing the damage, NS decided to make the detours permanent, leaving just a... (more)

NS long-distance local 46 comes around the big curve at 2nd Avenue in Opelika.

NS long-distance locals 45 and 46 on the former CofG Columbus-Birmingham main meet at Opelika.

A switch crew moves a real tank car.

NS 5053 is a former Southern unit, so it's on familiar ground as it brings the Lafayette turn back into Opelika. The Lafayette line would be spun-off in a few months as the Pine Belt Southern, bu... (more)

Delivered to N&W in 1971, this unit kept the number 4146 until rebuilt to a 5500-series GP38-2 at Juniata in 2002. Here, it awaits the call to duty near the east end of the GM&O station. When th... (more)

About to enter the north end of the Parsons yard is an inbound St Louis train with a cut of intermodal up front.

Back in the days when Opelika generated enough traffic to keep both Southern and the West Point Route busy with local switching, a sharp Southern GP30 and crew work below the nearly-new 10th Stree... (more)

The Alcos lasted way longer after the merger with IC than any of us local fans predicted. We figured Paducahs would roll in immediately, but the RS-1s hung around until 1975, doing everything in ... (more)

CB&Q/BN and SOU/NS long cooperated on a run-through train that ran will pooled power. BN units generally were turned back at Louisville, while Southern units ran as far as Beardstown. For a whil... (more)

After running from New Orleans as L&N 414, this run-through train will shortly be on the rails of the West Point Route, where it will operate as train 214 to Atlanta. This was in the early days o... (more)