It’s a gorgeous morning as the second section of 186 (M86) glides into Salem and past the unique antiques store next to the tracks with a pair of KCS locomotives. The caboose in the back is a fo... (more)

A trio of BNSF locomotives pull today's Q610 manifest train into the super-elevated s-curves of Cusseta as they head north one morning. Seeing BNSF power on this portion of the former Western Rai... (more)

Two unit trains are passing each other as they roll through the control point of JR Mapp this morning. The unit train on the left is that of Q220 with empty auto racks heading for the nearby Kia ... (more)

The BNSF intermodal train of Q185 is taking a detour route today as it travels atop former Western Railway of Alabama tracks on its journey to the more)

What's in a name
Freight train 186 is only 316 miles from Savannah as proclaimed by the Central of Georgia mile post numbering on this present day NS owned mainline. Although the name... (more)

One fifth of the PRLX SD70MAC leaser fleet being utilized by NS is at the front of train 137 as the 6200 foot long freight train slowly treks through Opelika. The long length today is quite a cha... (more)

Although it looks like it might have come out of the GE plant in Erie last week, this AC4400 was actually built in May of 1997 for the UP. The fresh coat of armour yellow and Harbormist gray stan... (more)

Intermodal trains like Q184 are still on the move this day as the expansion project at CSX’s Fairburn Intermodal Terminal is nearly complete. The 8 loading/unloading tracks on the east side of t... (more)

It’s a bright and sunny October morning as Q572 negotiates the super elevated s-curves just north of Cusseta with a Union Pacific pai... (more)

Lite power in the form of Union Pacific units, with a very weather beaten one up front, head south after dropping off their train of empty auto racks at the Kia plant in West Point.

Intermodal train R105 makes a surprise run on the A&WP as it headed south from the Fairburn ramp towards New Orleans. This train would continue to run under the id of X105 along the Panhandle rou... (more)

A pair of Canadian visitors make a surprising sight as the pull today’s 183 freight train underneath the signals that guard the 14th street interlocking and past the Birmingham skyline.

If one didn't know any better they might think they're seeing an Approach Medium signal on a BNSF line as this intermodal waits in the siding for a meet. Actually this is CSX territory, so this i... (more)

A crew change is in progress for NS 298 tonight as the nose is nicely illuminated by an outbound NS 185 mixed freight. The engineer on this evening's train is one talented individual as he brough... (more)

A random assortment of non-CSX locomotives comes into Chehaw during the last remaining minutes of sunlight one October afternoon with 89 loaded covered hoppers bound for New Orleans. A new Safetr... (more)