Autoracks follow the lead of a standard cab Dash 8 through the sharp curve a Broughton. This unit was built in 1990 and still has its original paint.

Normally containing Tropicana Juice cars in its consist, todays northbound Q142 races a setting sun with only 41 cars carrying containers.

This MP15DC is owned by Webb Asset Management, although it wears the logo of Birmingham Terminal (complete with a dragon on it), to whom WAMX 1590 is leased. As might be discerned from its paint ... (more)

Before asking for permission to get a window for some work time, the tamper operator gives a friendly wave as autos head south through Roanoke.

The Nickel Plate's slogan "High Speed Service" is being dragged through the mud as NS 245 to Dallas runs a day late down the AGS South.

After meeting I028, the containers on I141 get underway behind two CSX engines. The wall of containers rolling on 300 axles split the signals on the southend.

Norfolk Southern power keeps the Amtrak Station company while waiting for a crew and for the next train to pass. It's all red signals in both directions, so it may be a while.

Train 29S runs trackspeed through Woodstock, Al

Train 2445 rolls westbound through the small community of Woodstock, Al

Chessie Caboose at Junction Park in Gadsden, Alabama.

CSX Coal Train C237 heads south through downtown Brewton, AL., on a cloudy January evening

STILL CLEAN! A brand new clean reefer car rolls along through Roanoke in the consist of a southbound mixed freight train. I'm sure soon this car will have a lot of graffiti on it. In 2020 Union P... (more)

Rail maintenance is underway on the Lineville Subdivision. A rail grinder makes multiple passes shaping and reconditioning the rail for a smoother ride for trains. It also improves wheel wear and... (more)

A northbound intermodal train rolls through Broughton with a leading locomotive that was built in 2007.

On my second day in Alabama, we visited the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority, which had two General Electric locomotives parked in an accessible spot. And it was here that I finally... (more)