Next to GP38s (and GP38-2s) U23Bs were the most common power of L&N run-through trains that began using the WofA in 1973. On this day, 2739 fronted a set that included another U23B, two GP30s an... (more)

After idling for hours waiting for a nb to clear, the C40s on this southbound erupt with exhaust smoke as their throttles are opened. Interesting that 7511 has no nose logo.

Back when NS and CSX (and their predecessor roads) had agents at Opelika, there were several local gents who hung around the depot just about every day. Here, one looks on as the NS agent hoops-u... (more)

Most common power for 746 in the mid-90s was a pair of B30-7s, but today we get a B23-7, GP38-2 and MP15.

U23Bs in L&N and CSX colors share space t the former L&N facility in Gadsden.

A pair of SD40-2s returning from working around downtown Birmingham pass what is left of Woodlawn Junction. Once upon a time something of a hotspot where C of G trains crossed Southern on their w... (more)

The newest NS heritage diesel was earning its keep 15 years ago by partnering with an SD60 for several days on long-distance locals 45/46. In this photo they're eastbound approaching the CSX cros... (more)

Here's the newest NS heritage diesel earning its keep 15 years ago by partnering with an SD60 on the eastbound long-distance local. In this photo they're working the small yard at Opelika and the... (more)

The crew has died on hours, so today's 746 will spend a few hours in the passing track at Notasulga. At a time when 746 ran day-after-day-after-day with pairs of B30-7s, today's line-up - a GP38-2... (more)

Though there were just a couple of through freights each way a day on the Mobile line in the mid-1990s, Selma also had a small yard that was base for a couple of locals. It seemed like all the lo... (more)

Pulling a couple of interchange cars around the wye from the N&W, the BN local passes the dilapidated remains of what was probably once a good rail customer. ICG's ex-GM&O/Alton Jack Line also cr... (more)

There's a summer thunderstorm with driving rain, but the Union Station shed - in spite of hundreds of leaks - offers a dry vantage point to watch an inbound freight from Dothan pass by. In 1973, ... (more)

Pre-SBD/CSX coal train power - A sb coal train is about ready to pull at Bostic, connection point for Clinchfield and SAL/SCL. Up front is SCL SDP35 1962, followed by a pair of SD40s and a U30C, a... (more)

Leaving Cape Girardeau, the engineer has just notched-out his trio of EMDs, which respond with a very non-Alco exhaust cloud. No big plumes, just a dirty-looking sky above the train. The geeps ret... (more)

UP's turn from Muskogee uses former MKT track to zig-zag through Tulsa's east side to Urban junction, where it enters BNSF for the run across the Arkansas River to Cherokee Yard. Before heading ba... (more)