A switch crew heads out to work the industrial park out on Hayneville Road.

612 leads two other SDP40Fs with the nb Floridian. The train was due in Montgomer in mid-morning and was - in my experience - rarely late.

The sb Floridian is making its station stop in Montgomery. As I recall, the train was due around 'dinner time', but was often 2-3 hours late. That meant that - except in the long days of summer ... (more)

In the early days of Amtrak, the Floridian was short enough to be handled y a single E-unit. On this day, power is leased B&O 1446. The train will grow for a couple years, but then succumb to se... (more)

It might be impossible to make an E8A ugly, but PC and Amtrak came close with 275. It is - I believe - a little unusual in that it has an Amtrak number, but nothing about 'Amtrak' anywhere. PC's... (more)

In the early 1970s, not a lot of pool power came through Montgomery other than SP/SSW units on L&N 72/73. Oddly enough, though, SP/SSW units did occasionally show up on SCL trains on the former S... (more)

Employees chat during the crew change at Montgomery. One of only two times that I saw four SDPs on Floridian. Guess they were ferrying SDPs to Florida.

Headed for Mobile, a freight roars beneath Southern Boulevard at track speed.

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)

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

Working for closely affiliated company Western Railway of Alabama, Georgia Railroad GP7 1019 switches industry tracks almost in the shadow of downtown.

After dropping a transfer at S&NA Yard (L&N & SCL), the crew heads engine-light back to the former GM&O West End Yard. The sun is setting old Alcos like 1108, but they have hung on in the EMD-hea... (more)

Headed back to West End after delivering a cut to SCL/L&N.

A through train behind 7825 waits for a crew as another crew in ex-C&O 5551 - teamed with another B30-7 and an MP15 - assemble another train,. perhaps for Selma, or the big mill in Prattville on e... (more)

Spring rains have flooded the open-air inspection pit, so the pumping begins.