ATN 9401 (ex-CN/HLCX) is the first locomotive to be fully painted and lettered for the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway. The spiffy new paint job, which is similar to paint schemes found on some ... (more)

After waiting on NS to give the Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad (ATN) local Z389-21 a clear board to cross the diamond at 32nd St., the ATN local is underway heading back to Gadsden, Ala from C... (more)

With the plan of getting into Boyles yard not happening anytime soon, Z390 decides to uncouple from its train and go work a customer on its line instead of waiting for hours like it usually does a... (more)

ATN's road train to CSX's Boyles Yard in Birmingham stops waiting for the light across NS at 32nd Street. Today's 92 cars of interchange are blocking all of the crossings down the road parallelin... (more)

With NS holding them up, the ATN Z390 is stopped at the 1st Avenue South grade crossing with three big SD units. Vehicular traffic along this street is becoming quite annoyed as they try to find ... (more)

The ATN mixed freight out of CSX's Boyle's Yard in downtown Birmingham has finally gotten a signal to cross NS after waiting on at least three of the Thouroughbred's freights to pass. On the point... (more)

ATN 5387 emerges through the smoke out of the 104 year old Hardwick Tunnel.

ATN train Z389 eases through Roper Tunnel just outside of Trussville, Alabama

Bang your head The lite power of today’s Z390 is almost at the rear of its own train where the conductor is busy gathering his thoughts for the next move as he patiently waits for the eng... (more)

ATN GP20's 5625 & 2002 move Eastbound along Locust Street in Gadsden just before crossing the Coosa River. ATN 5625 is ex-Great Western as evidenced by its faded paint scheme.

The very elusive and rarely seen Z389 ATN train from Birmingham to Gadsden sits tied down on the former SAL route into Birmingham. With an exotic collection of former Southern Pacific locomotives... (more)

Led by an Omnitrax GP38-2 (ex-Illinois Terminal/N&W) and two ex-CN wide cab GP40-2s, ATN's Guntersville Turn trundles into town.

This ex Southern Pacific unit is far from it's original home. Tied down in Birmingham waiting on the next crew, this trains will enter CSX's Boyles Yard with empty grain hoppers.

OmniTrax's Alabama & Tennessee River RR train Z389 operates between CSX Boyles Yard in Birmingham, AL and ATN's yard in Gadsden, AL typically 3 times a week. The train is difficult to find out on ... (more)

Having completed their chores in Guntersville, ATN's M715 switcher climbs into Albertville, where it will switch more customers before continuing on to Gadsden.