A nicely polished surface has been created from the hands of a recent cutting blade on this cross section of an otherwise rusty piece of more)

SCL's Hamlet-New Orleans run-through train 215 ran day-after-day-after-day with solid sets of GP40s in the 1970s, but on this day a U36B has found a spot.

Southbound Q242 makes a unique move by continuing south with its load of empty auto racks instead of the usual procedure of dropping them off at West Point as it's seen today passing south through... (more)

Rolling rails since 1901, the Japanese Yawata Works of Nippon Steel continues to manufacture rails to this day using the 1970’s French inspired “Universal Rolling” procedure which rolls the ... (more)

A former Conrail SD50 leads Herzog empties east through Opelika in this January 2003 scene.

And with the stroke of a pen 150 years ago this month the Union Pacific was created. While the slogans alongside its name may have changed, the iconic shield still remains the same. Here’s to ... (more)

A GP35/GP30 duo head-up the eastbound local as it works Opelika before continuing on to Columbus, GA.

Southern Railway B30-7A's 3506 & 3520 and SD40-2 #3229 lead Birmingham bound train #135. #3506 was built April 1982 and later became Norfolk Southern #3506

Specially equipped coal gondola Southern Railway #900096 has topped off 2716's tender and the operator is retracting the loading boom. The gondola, sent from Birmingham's Norris Yard, was staged ... (more)

Southern Railway SD35 #224, running as Southern Railway extra #224 east, crosses the Western Railway of Alabama. #224 was built January 1966 as Central of Georgia #224. Upon the Norfolk & Western... (more)

On a busy afternoon in Opelika, a local resident finally gets across the tracks on her way home from shopping downtown. Right to left are train 215, an SCL run-through from Hamlet with a WP caboos... (more)

In 1980 you could generally still identify the L&N and SCL run-throughs and the West Point Route trains by their power, but that would start changing soon as 'Family Lines' went from marketing gim... (more)