74K makes its way off the NA/West End District and onto the East End District as it splits the numerous signals controlling its movement. With a signal consolidation currently going on at 32nd st... (more)

With cars occupying all the tracks in the North Yard, today’s BNSF transfer has to utilize the AGS #1 mainline to run around its train. Here it’s seen switching off the AGS #1 and onto the le... (more)

Still wearing its original paint applied by the Pullman Standard paint shop at Butler, PA in June of 1974, this PS2CD keeps the Milwaukee Road legacy alive even after its official demise in 1986.

NS 385 passes through Historic 32nd St on the NS AGS South & Bham NS terminal Division, on ags#1 heading to Mobile AL on the 3B Division, which splits off South in Bessemer, AL.

The BNSF Transfer passes through 2nd Ave on the NS NA West End Division #2 track, as they use this route when they leave BNSF Thomas Yard, to deliver freight to NS at their 32nd St Yard nearby.

NS 339 passes through Downtown Birmingham on it's way to Meridian, MS.

CSX Q684 passes through Downtown Bham, AL on CSX#2 main, with big power & a big train, heading to Nashville TN through CSX Boyles Terminal Division.

CSX Q522 AKA the Alabama Southern R.R. heads north through town from Tuscaloosa AL with a short manifest, on CSX#1 track in the Boyles Terminal & NS AGS South Division, as they head to Boyles Yard... (more)

Cantilever Corridor With a massive improvement underway at the 32nd interlocking, the very photogenic Southern Cantilever and dwarf signals are about to be replaced by the gigantic modern ... (more)

CSX Mixed freight heads north through Downtown Birmingham AL CSX Boyles Terminal Division & NS Terminal Division, on #2 track towards Boyles Yard in Tarrant AL.

The very elusive and rarely seen Z389 ATN train from Birmingham to Gadsden sits tied down on the former SAL route into Birmingham. With an exotic collection of former Southern Pacific locomotives... (more)

Now that's what I call a Tank Car

Quadriclops over a Quadrilocker A pair of Nordiques from the land of Canada make a rare appearance in the South as they lead the day’s NS 335 freight train through the 27th street crossi... (more)

NS 55W, empty grain train passes north through Downtown Birmingham AL CSX & NS Terminal Division on ags#2 from New Orleans LA, heading towards Chatt, TN.

NS 339 KCS M-NSSH passes through East Birmingham McCalla AL on the NS AGS South Division to Meridian MS, where it is interchanged to its home on the KCS Speedway to Shreveport, LA. This train is a... (more)