NS local A54 switches cars at the south end of the yard in Attalla, AL

Just south of the Jones Valley Drive crossing in south Huntsville, AL, HMCR locomotives 9554 and 3986 lead a 19 car southbound train of covered hoppers.

HMCR locomotives 3986 (GE B23-7) and 9554 (GE U23B) are switching cars at the HMCR yard in downtown Huntsville, AL prior to heading south with a two car train.

HMCR southbound light engines 3986 (GE B23-7) and 9554 (GE U23B) are about to cross Hobbs Road in south Huntsville, AL.

Southbound HMCR B39-8Es 8560 and 8527 are about to cross Southhurst Drive in Huntsville, AL with a seven car train.

NS local A81 with two SD40-2s backs into the Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority yard in downtown Huntsville, AL. The local will pick up 16 interchange cars from the shortline. NS 3... (more)

CSX yard job Y122-29 works the yard in Kingsport, TN with CSX locomotives ES44AH 723 and SD70MAC 4581. The clock tower in the right background is part of the former Clinchfield Railroad passenger... (more)

NS Dash 9-44CW 9519 and NS caboose 555630 are parked in a siding next to the NS mainline in downtown Appalachia, VA.

NS U47 rolls east through the town of Coeburn, VA with a loaded coal train. The local mine run crew will take the train to Cleveland, VA where eventually another crew will move the train further ... (more)

NS U47 moves forward in downtown Appalachia, VA with empty coal hoppers and gondolas. U47 originated in Norton, VA on this day. Once NS U47 clears the wye in Appalachia, VA, the train will couple... (more)

NS mine run U47 with two ET44ACs and a caboose waits by the long vacant L&N passenger depot in downtown Appalachia, VA for another train (NS 386) to get into the clear. Once NS 386 clears, NS U47... (more)

A loaded Norfolk Southern coal train with NS ES44ACs 8104 (Lehigh Valley heritage unit) and 8109 is parked on the Big Toms Creek Branch at Coeburn, VA waiting for further movement. The train was ... (more)

With a hand brake being applied, two covered hoppers are about to come to a stop on the Hobbs Island Road crossing at the very south end of the Huntsville and Madison County Railroad. The covered ... (more)

Southbound HMCR U23B 9554 and B23-7 3986 (out of sight) cross Hegia Burrow Road at Burrows, AL to pick up a couple of covered hoppers from a customer at the very south end of the line.

Northbound HMCR 8933 has just brought 11 covered hoppers into the crowded HMCR yard in downtown Huntsville, AL. The switcher will soon be cut off from the cars and will be parked for remainder of... (more)