The four GP40s on Hamlet-NOLA train 215 bob and weave across College Street.

WofA 213 - a runthrough in cooperation with L&N - rolls by behind three U23Bs. The GEs were common on this train, but to see it without at least one or two GP38s was not.

Four geeps lead a southbound through Bridgeport on the former NC&StL. GP38-2/GP38-2/GP35/GP40.

A Roger Puta Photograph

The last locomotive delivered in WofA's gaudy black-on-black-on-black scheme waits for a Southern freight to clear the crossing.

No work in Auburn on this day, so the local is really rolling. Looks like a pretty big train (common in those days), so the old EMD probably had a tough go on the 12 mile climb from the Tallapoos... (more)

A pair of SD9s bracket Southern's only SD7 as they bring a transfer by what's left of the Southern station on their way to Norris Yard in Irondale. The Crescent was daily north of Birmingham,but ... (more)

After placing a fusee between the rails of the Southern, a crew member climbs aboard 754 as the train proceeds toward Montgomery.

Ex-L&N 2800 takes a weed-spraying train south on the former Western Railway of Alabama. This is very close to the Vulcan Materials quarry opened in 2003.

GM&O's SD40s didn't visit Birmingham prior to the ICG merger due to restrictions on the L&N line used to reach B'ham from home rails at Tuscaloosa. After the merger, they became frequent sights a... (more)

A southbound single stack container train is crossing the drawbridge which appears to be getting some work. I had only recently discovered the great variety available in the area.

GM&O SD40s did not visit Alabama much until the ICG merger. After that, they showed up frequently in Birmingham, and once in a while in Mobile, but never on the Montgomery line, which remained B... (more)

The engineer heats up a few brake shoes as he brings the southbound Southern Crescent to a stop in Tuscaloosa.

On a hazy, gray winter morning, #6 - the Montgomery to West Point turn - rolls through Auburn.

Southern Railway GP49's #4600, 4604 & 4605 await the call to duty at Southern Railway's Norris Yard. #4600 was built November 1980 and later became Norfolk Southern #4600. After leaving roster, u... (more)