Another coal train climbs out of Corbin and heads for Cincinnati. This one has 3,000hp C-Cs from EMD, GE and Alco.

That lead SD40-2 may be 'foreign', but it is a much more common sight in these parts than the home road unit behind it - one of CSX's much-loved BQ23-7s.

L&N and FL geeps pull a string Frisco covered hoppers.

L&N/WofA run-through train has unusual power on this day, with a U25B and GP9 in place of the usual GP38s and U23Bs.

The old ACL between Montgomery and Dothan has lots of up and down, and plenty of curves.

SCL, L&N and Western Railway of Alabama - The Family Lines - initiated two pairs of run-through trains in 1973. One pair - 215/216 - ran between Hamlet and NOLA. The first couple years of operat... (more)

GOAT SD40-2 8151 splits the West Point Route signals at Webster Road.

Once again an SCL locomotive fronts Amtrak's Floridian. This time, though, it is not due to the failure of one of the antique inherited E-units. Instead, SCL 1823 was added after the lead unit wa... (more)

SDs take a train south on the Atlanta-Macon line.

Back in the day, the procedure for Southern and Western Railway of Alabama trains passing through Opelika included a full stop at the crossing of the two lines. After a crew member ascertained th... (more)

The usual B30-7s are headed for Montgomery on the return leg of the daily long-distance local.

Typical early-CSX mix of paint schemes, with a U30C in the short-lived 'CSX Transportation' scheme.

Southern had a big fleet of GP35s, mostly numbered in the 2600s and 2700s, with all but two in that series riding on AAR Type B trucks. There were also 5 or 6 GP35s that were bought and sublettere... (more)

Southern' ex-CofG Birmingham-Columbus, GA main was loaded up with GP38s and GP38-2s in the early 1970s when I first started hanging around the tracks. Other models showed up regularly, but the bo... (more)

Train 746, the Montgomery-Opelika/West Point local, usually draws a pair of B30-7s, but today the crew is making do with one. That means long-hood forward for the eastbound leg.