The class unit for FEC Gevo models, FEC 800, is trailing in the third position on this morning’s M606. The surprise visitor is mostly likely returning back from a trip to Mexico as it helps to ... (more)

My hockey loving son helped his street hockey team to win the Stanley Cup this past spring and thus got to spend 24hrs with it just like the pros. M602 just happened to be coming north that after... (more)

It’s another Friday in May and another chance to see a Canadian visitor leading M526. The clouds have opened at just the right time to catch this Canuck and the intermodal loads it’s pulling ... (more)

A pair of Canadian National units leads the daily Waycross to New Orleans manifest train M601 through the quiet community of Cusseta with 127 cars. To the left is a remnant of the code line pole ... (more)

My son waves at the engineer of M526 as he pulls his train through downtown Opelika. The matching set of YN2 painted locomotives is a nice sight but I’m more interested in the small cut of inte... (more)

What looks to be two intermodal trains is actually two manifest trains, specifically M602 passing M526. The Canadian Pacific leader of M526 died out south of here near Opelika, Alabama causing it... (more)

A recently repainted ES40DC leads three locomotives of the M605, Waycross to New Orleans freight, through the control point of JR Mapp and into LaGrange this morning. The Approach signal to the r... (more)

A photographic SD70MAC passes the iconic WofA coal tower in Opelika with 19 Schneider containers destined for the CPKC. While this train looks like it’s all intermodal, there is actually 90 car... (more)

Canadian Pacific locomotives pull today’s U844 (an extra L844) up to the highest point on the former Western Railway of Alabama mainline in Opelika. This handoff train from the CPKC to CSX via ... (more)

The manifest train M526 brings 24 cars north bound into Opelika on a sunny Saturday morning. Today’s M526 is unique in the fact that it has intermodal cars at the front. Going forward, this tr... (more)

Stop, Look & Listen
A surprising scene unfolds as M526 heads north through Opelika while a hi-railer quickly shuttles across the diamond before it. I’m sure this scene occurs at a... (more)

The UP to CSX intermodal train of Q144 heads north through Opelika with quite the lash-up including an SD9043MAC. Unfortunately this train would be discontinued soon after and get routed over the... (more)

A rather short CSX L845 is about to split the signals and at SouthEnd Opelika and encounter some bumpy track that can be seen in the foreground. The “local” has 18 Schneider containers at the... (more)

Two surprises in one shot. First, the clouds opened up as soon as this train rounded the curve into downtown Opelika. Second, a rebuilt photogenic SD70MAC was leading this manifest train. This ... (more)

Orange is on the track
Just a little over a month after the STB gave its blessing for CSX and CPCK to take over a the Meridian and Bigbee, the new traffic from this interchange is see... (more)