The fall colors are subdued on a gray November day in Alabama. GM&O 635 is in familiar territory, but trailing are three ex-IC Paducah rebuilds that still feel like invaders to GM&O fans.

For many years prior to the 1972 merger with IC, RS-1s were workhorses for GM&O around Montgomery, handling switching, transfers and the daily turn to Union Camp near Prattville. By 1975, in spit... (more)

The daily train to Artesia passes the lead to the big Union Camp (at the time) mill south of Prattville, the mill that under new ownership is about the only reason this line still see service in 2... (more)

Spending the night at their headquarters in Prattville, a threesome of Watco locomotives sits quietly coupled up to their train of boxcars. Soon these cars will make their way over to the Interna... (more)