When key components on freight cars fail and the subsequent repairs can’t be made at the location said car is set out, then you got to improvise a temporary solution to get the car running again. ... (more)

The moon begins to rise over the Southern Railway caboose X427 as it rests in its new location of Stern Park near the Historic Downtown Opelika area. Over the summer of 2018, this caboose was mov... (more)

A massively long NS 187 freight train with 155 cars in tow splits the signals at Salem as it heads west towards Birmingham. Ironically enough, the last time I captured a train at these exact sign... (more)

The N&W heritage unit makes a surprise visit onto the Central of Georgia District in Opelika. The famous engine puts in quite a workout as it pulls 166 cars that make up today’s 9100 foot long 18... (more)

Local train A30 has just cut away from cars that it brought into the yard. It now reverses along the switch ladder as it heads for track 3 of the small 5 track yard to begin today's classificatio... (more)

Holding onto what little grab irons there are on a Difco dump gondola, the conductor of A746 keeps a 3 point stance as he rides the shove maneuver to place these gons or rip-rap into the Opelika s... (more)

Q515 has brought its 8100 foot long train to smooth stop at the end of the 4 mile section of double track in LaGrange. The Medium Clear signal seen looking at the camera is for an oncoming Q220 w... (more)

95 covered hoppers are back on the move again as this empty unit train heads for another load of phosphate in the sunshine state of Florida. The foreign BNSF power splits the signal uprights crea... (more)

The Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage unit adds some color to an otherwise black night as it leads freight train 187 out of Opelika one mid December evening across one very stout looking con... (more)

A nearly mile long Q580 heads out of the Altanta area passing what little remains of the CSX Tilford Yard. The tracks at the left were part of the departure yard but their days of helping trains ... (more)

At one point the eight track arrival yard that once stood here could help to process 1300 cars a day over the hump into Tilford’s 40 tr... (more)

A double header of sorts is being displayed this evening by local train A746 as it sits tied down in Lanett. The lead unit is the new replacement unit for loco 4043 which had only been on this jo... (more)

Q611 rounds the corner into Opelika with three AC units pulling 168 cars south. Today would be a red-letter week in the history of this line as this train would be one of the first to travel over... (more)

The yellow nose stripes of a Citicorp GEVO match nicely with the wild shrubbery found along HWY 85 as an empty coal train heads north towards Wyoming. The Front Range looks great this morning as ... (more)

CSX coal train N019 is back on the move again after meeting two at the new control point of Woodland. For those not familiar with the area, the more)