Making ~20mph up the 1.29% grade from Choccolocco to Cleburne, a large 24E slogs up the ruling grade between Birmingham and Atlanta.

NS 24E holds the main, flipping on the lights to roll by Amtrak #19, The Crescent, on a gloomy morning. Anyone who knows me understands I do not photograph in cloudy conditions, but this photo en... (more)

Winding down the grade into the Chattahoochee River Valley, the Conrail Heritage catches a spot of sun as it completes the journey to Atlanta.