The Memphis to Mobile road freight for CN is down to 17 mph as they top the 1% grade south of Mendenhall. The train is carrying a bunch of grain for Mobile, so they are little bit heavier today. T... (more)
The Memphis to Mobile daily freight train is working south on the CN Beaumont Sub. The next stop is work at Hattiesburg Yard. The train has a bunch of grain today, so they are quite heavy. A KCS m... (more)
Jackson can be a hot bed of activity at times. This is where the CN's Mainline of Mid-America crosses the KCS Meridian Speedway. Here we have 3 trains all fighting to get thru Switchtender, which ... (more)
We rode Amtrak's "City of New Orleans" train down to New Orleans and back for our vacation. here we are on our way home and stopped at Jackson for an engineer change out. With the heat we were res... (more)
Northbound Crescent is only 117 miles into the 1377 mile trip from New Orleans to New York City. The train departed New Orleans at 9:15, and is out of Hattiesburg now on time at 11:45. Here the tr... (more)