The Nickel Plate's slogan "High Speed Service" is being dragged through the mud as NS 245 to Dallas runs a day late down the AGS South.

After meeting I028, the containers on I141 get underway behind two CSX engines. The wall of containers rolling on 300 axles split the signals on the southend.

Norfolk Southern power keeps the Amtrak Station company while waiting for a crew and for the next train to pass. It's all red signals in both directions, so it may be a while.

Train 29S runs trackspeed through Woodstock, Al

Train 2445 rolls westbound through the small community of Woodstock, Al

Chessie Caboose at Junction Park in Gadsden, Alabama.

CSX Coal Train C237 heads south through downtown Brewton, AL., on a cloudy January evening

STILL CLEAN! A brand new clean reefer car rolls along through Roanoke in the consist of a southbound mixed freight train. I'm sure soon this car will have a lot of graffiti on it. In 2020 Union P... (more)

Rail maintenance is underway on the Lineville Subdivision. A rail grinder makes multiple passes shaping and reconditioning the rail for a smoother ride for trains. It also improves wheel wear and... (more)

A northbound intermodal train rolls through Broughton with a leading locomotive that was built in 2007.

On my second day in Alabama, we visited the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority, which had two General Electric locomotives parked in an accessible spot. And it was here that I finally... (more)

To help keep things moving efficiently, a locomotive is assisting through radio signal on the rear of this heavy coal train. Locomotives used as DPU's like this one, are commonly used in railroad... (more)

Originating in Ohio, I141 has now made its way far south to the town of Roanoke with 72 cars and plenty of power from the two GE engines in command. The containers in transport are being delivere... (more)

TORNADO!!.... Thursday, January 12, storms moved across the southeastern states producing tornados causing widespread damage and loss of life. Trains were stopped on the Lineville Sub for severa... (more)

NS 4096 leads a grain train around the loop at the newly built Koch Foods offloading facility in Attalla, Al.