Because the tiny Bostic yard is already packed, a long Clinchfield-bound manifest freight has pulled down the line to Forest City to clear the main for a sb/eb coal train off the CRR. Once the un... (more)

For many decades the Opelika depot - which sat hard against the crossing of the Western Railway of Alabama and the Central of Georgia - had long umbrella sheds that ran adjacent to both mains. The... (more)

A GP9/GP38 duo is about to clump across the Western Railway of Alabama as long-distance local train 45 works Opelika.

About 15 times a year UP/BNSF/D&R coordinate on a unit train of treated ties from a plant in Russellville for BNSF. It uses BNSF power, and runs via UP's Van Buren Sub from Russellville to N Litt... (more)

The D&R crew works the UP interchange as light power returns on the UP main after working eastside industries.

A pair of 3M switcher work a cut of hoppers at Granite Mountain quarry in Little Rock.

For years, leased GPs dominated the local power pool in Russellville. First came a horde of reddish/purpleish locos, which were supplanted by a flock of blue units. Today there were still three ... (more)

Around the turn of the century, CSX 746 (a turn out of Montgomery that worked to Opelika or West Point, then returned to Mntgmry) ran most days with one or two B30-7s, but anything from an MP15 to... (more)

This train has just 'taken a right' to head for Pensacola, FL, but most of it is still on the old L&N's NOLA-Cincy main stem back around the curve. Power may look boring, but there is a bit of va... (more)

In an afternoon downpour - a common summer event down south - a pair of GP30s pass Union Station's trainshed on their way to Mobile with the long-distance local as an Alco switcher (with a transpl... (more)

A short MP freight is southbound just short of the at-grade crossing with BN's ex-Frisco Springfield-Memphis line.

After many months of all GPs/all the time for local service around Russellville (with most being blue or maroon leasers), we finally have a nice C-C in our midst, and in the correct colors. This ... (more)

The RS-1 era on GM&O/ICG was just about over when I shot 1112 on a nice fall day in Montgomery.

Salina was no North Platte, but it did see a pretty good variety of power over the old Kansas Pacific. Here, a somewhat unlikely duo of MP GP38-2 & Milwaukee GP40 are being utilized in yard and ... (more)

The nb Floridian entered Montgomery on SCL's former ACL from Waycross and will soon head for B'ham, Nashville and points north via the L&N. With Amtrak in the station, ICG's daily train from Art... (more)