Looking across a bridge that crosses the Tallapoosa River, I witness the lead engine of CSX train I183 blow through the crossing towards Wadley with 266 axles.

A single unit heads south through Wadley with car loads of crossties.

A short M514 rolls into the siding for a meet with southbound train C040.

Passing the famous Sloss Furnaces, is a manifest train with 4 EMD engines and one lone GE. Norfolk Southern has well over 100 of the ACe units active on their roster.

Tons of coal move south through Standing Rock on a cloudless day. Two engines up front, and one on the rear, keep 115 loads in order for the long trip to Jacksonville, FL.

Autos get underway as they follow a southbound out of the city lead by an Evolution Series GE built in 2011. CSX and Norfolk Southern lines both pass under the 24th Street bridge.

Intermodal train I128 rolls out of shade into the sunlight as it heads north while passing underneath an old wooden bridge at Broughton.

Intermodal containers roll into Birmingham out of Fairburn, GA. Nearing its destination, this Heritage 2 unit will soon arrive with its train at East Thomas Yard.

WRWK... Warwick Railway, Providence & Worcester, and GATX all have a part in these new autoracks. In the long consist of train M209, 3 brand-new CPKC auto carriers head south under the power of t... (more)

Covering nearly every inch of the rail but the rail head, grease has accumulated on about a 15 foot section of rail at the lubricator pumps. The grease is used to protect the wheel and rail from ... (more)

Crossing HWY 77, massive CSX train M515-29 speeds south with a manifest train composed of 163 cars, and 3 locomotives.

After meeting an empty coal train at Broughton, CSXT #916 leads a 115 car loaded coal train up the grade into Roanoke with no issues. Part of the credit for that goes to CSXT engine #982 pulling ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Interstate heritage unit rolls into the Magic City with a mixed consist. This train is out of Meridian, MS, and is near its destination in Irondale, AL at Norris Yard.

Out of Fairburn, GA, intermodal train I128 has now made it to Broughton with a long consist. This train can be seen operating with both AC & DC power on the point. It runs daily and is headed for... (more)

Maneuvering through the woods with an intermodal shipment behind it, CSX locomotive #3118, will soon come to an open area before once again being surrounded by trees. The Lineville Subdivision fo... (more)