Night Shift
With a relieve crew onboard to bring the A&WP/WofA local train back to Montgomery, A746 must first work the final customer of the night before it can make it back to the ... (more)

On a very chilly October evening in Nashville, G264 has come to a rest at the Kayne Avenue Tower as the crew prepares to tie its train down while the gothic looking Union Station glows in the back... (more)

Moon Lit As the moon illuminates A018 in the early morning, this train will have quite the day. First it will first drop off the MoW flatcars in Opelika and then pick up a Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD50-2
Location: Lanett, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 2496
Train ID: CSX A018
Photo Date: March 19, 2011

A 70MAC and mother slug set are the power for rock train W081, which dropped off empty Herzog ballast hoppers in Vulcan Materials for another load of aggregate. The locomotives then tied up on th... (more)

After another day of dropping ballast along the WofA mainline, A018 now finds itself spending the night in Milstead while a very hot Q144 streaks past on a full moon night. Just 24 hours earlier ... (more)

End of Train The EOT of Q612 phones home while leaving a trail of blinking light as it moves underneath the signal bridge of the newest siding on the former Western Railway of Alabama main... (more)

The power for X079 sits on the recently renovated siding at Notasulga with a delightful EMD 70MAC on the point.

This former Denver & Rio Grande Western GP35 has moved from the mountains of the Rockies to the hills of northeast Georgia but still does what was intended of her, that is to pull freight. This b... (more)

"Orion's Dash 8"
On a clear February night, the power for A018 is seen resting on the Notasulga siding below Orion's Belt after another day of dropping ballast along the A&WP/WofA Sub... (more)

star light star bright….
The newly installed signals at Loachapoka for the aptly named siding stand guard on a starry night and display the easily recognizable "approach" signal ind... (more)

A018 has been parked for the night on the West Point siding and is illuminated by only the moon on this semi-clear early morning. The newly painted dash 8 on the point was excellent looking.

W083 spends the night on the Notasulga storage track with a crescent moon overhead and will be called to duty the next day as A018<... (more)

Approach
This classic General Railway Signal Co. searchlight stands guard on a clear and cold December night at the north end of Evergreen siding while Orion's Belt can be seen overhea... (more)

Q601 illuminates and drops the signal at Atmore while the crossing gates activate on a chilly December night.

On a somewhat clear and cold December night, Q579 with three GE wide-cabs and its 103 cars of train wait on the number two main for traffic to clear south of them before the very friendly crew can... (more)