Kicking up some sparks, the crew is working hard to finish a section of track before they've got to take the siding for two trains to pass.

One of the daily southbound Q-trains on the Lineville Subdivision, rolls through Broughton with a clean unit on the point. Operating as X647 today, this train has three engines leading 175 cars.

Taking the siding heading for the northend of Broughton, this GE will slowly bring its container train to a stop for a southbound to pass. The siding here is one of the busiest on the subdivision... (more)

Containers roll through Broughton on with just one locomotive on the point. This is becoming more common with DPU power in the consist of the train.

At the moment the mainline is hot with empty ballast train W089 making its way north through Broughton. Another northbound would be the next train through, but that would be over 2 hours later.

On a cold and clear morning, I025 rolls through Broughton on the heels of auto train Q203. Only around 10% of the 152 cars on this train had containers on them.

Loads of ballast fill the 60 Herzog cars that are in transport behind a couple of CSX engines at the southend of Broughton. The siding here is used quite often by both south and north bound train... (more)

Freight out of Rice Yard travels through Broughton behind a set of GE locomotives.

Containers occupy both the mainline and siding as one train waits for the other to clear. Headed straight for the lens of my Nikon camera, is CSX train Q142 and its leading GE. The mainline train... (more)

It's all clear for northbound intermodal train Q142. There has been clear signals through the Roanoke and Broughton area and also a beautiful clear day for the journey to the next crew change poi... (more)

CSXT SD50-3 #8540 leads Train X606-03 south as they pass through Broughton, AL.

Beginning to make it out of the 30mph zone, 5,783 feet of train accelerates through Broughton with the usual GE power.

CSX train Q142 makes a brief stop in the siding for intermodal train Q185.

Guiding todays Q648 train, is an AC unit still in YN2 paint. It's taking it slow through the siding as it prepares to stop for a southbound. After the mixed freight train passes, CSXT #418 will g... (more)

There's always a possibility of a fire during rail grinding. A crossstie has ignited from the hot metal shavings from a Loram rail grinder. The grinders have water for this exact reason but appar... (more)