Train 746, the Montgomery-Opelika/West Point local, usually draws a pair of B30-7s, but today the crew is making do with one. That means long-hood forward for the eastbound leg.

A through train behind 7825 waits for a crew as another crew in ex-C&O 5551 - teamed with another B30-7 and an MP15 - assemble another train,. perhaps for Selma, or the big mill in Prattville on e... (more)

The stack is capped on this ex-C&O unit but she was later repainted and worked into the 21st century. I am always amazed that other railroad's units show up on retired lists etc. in railfan publi... (more)