The northbound Floridian is just a few hundred feet short of Union Station. The engineer has just restarted his train after stopping for an SCL employee to drop from the lead SDP. The SCL man is... (more)

After a quick drop-off/pick-up at Bennett Yard, the engineer on 120 has the pedal-to-the-metal on his three U36Bs to get his 145 cars rolling northward again. I believe the structure on the left ... (more)

A crew uses a steam-powered wrecker to clean-up a minor derailment just off North Court Street.

A switch crew works the tracks around the NS/CSX crossing. That white flag may indicate that 5152 has just returned from a Lafayette turn or from working Royal City customers.

The long-distance local stops a couple miles short of downtown Opelika to work Lee Timber. Pretty-good-looking train on this day...

It's the fifth day of Conrail’s existence, but things have not yet changed as a train makes a delivery to the Bangor & Portland Division yard in Bangor, Pennsylvania. One of the trainmen rides t... (more)

Frequent problems restarting Atlanta-bound trains after the required stop at the Southern crossing in Opelika led to the practice shown in this photo. Crews stopped their trains on the downgrade ... (more)

Back in the days just before Family Lines became a thing, this run-through train originated in Cincy, running down the L&N to Atlanta, then utilizing the A&WP/WRofA to reach Montgomery. Here, the... (more)

Poor ol' 197 used to be SCL black, but years of Alabama sun and the heat of its 567 - along with a good coating of long-untouched grime - have degraded the paint to whatever color this is.

585's crew has run to Croghan and back with 810. Now they will couple up to the B23-7, fetch their train out of the siding along the main, then head for Walterboro.

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

Back in the 1970s SCL still operated a branch from the ex-ACL main at John's Island to Croghan, a tiny yard with a couple customers directly across the Ashley River from downtown Charleston. It w... (more)

Back in the 1970s SCL still operated a branch from the ex-ACL main at John's Island to Croghan, a tiny yard with a couple customers directly across the Ashley River from downtown Charleston. It w... (more)

A lot of second-generation geeps look alike, so you could easily overlook this rare gem. ASAB 507 is the only GP39 on their roster. That may not seem like a big deal, but it is also one of only 2... (more)

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