Reminder of the railroad that "used" to pass through town.
Southern Pacific Lines Tracing its origin to the 1870s, Southern Pacific’s Sunset medallion could be found on railroad maps, timetables, bridges and even on the nose of E-unit locomotive... (more)
An interesting looking unit train of sand in gondolas rolls through Opelika after a meet with Q145. Usually sand travels i... (more)
Railgon Incorporated on May 24, 1979 as the Railgon Company, Railgon would go on to acquire a fleet of standardized, high-quality gondola cars that were pooled and could be freely relo... (more)
The weakest link has been found!
A Conrail gondola flips over with the help of an excavator. It's the end of the line for this gon as NS scraps several next to its main line near downtown Decatur.
The Penn Central, hated by many-loved by few. Apparently hated by someone so much that it warranted putting a bullet right through the "heart" of one of the mating worms.
Shield of a warrior...
The grade gave way and dumped two full cars of scrap metal for Nucor Steel out onto the street. Traffic was blocked for a few hours until they got a front loader in to scrape and or push it back o... (more)
Aftermath of yesterday's derailment of 27 coal hoppers on the Whitethorne District of NS
Aftermath of yesterday's derailment of 27 coal hoppers on the Whitethorne District of NS.
