Q595 glides down the number two track at Wilhite, and soon will stop so that the Lacon pusher can be added to the rear for the climb up Holmes Gap. The 4517 is the former 717; the 700-series EMDs ... (more)

A trio of EMDs and a large transformer are on the head end of CSX train Q595 as it leans into the superelevated curve in downtown Hartselle. A large stack of ties from recent MOW activity and the ... (more)

A BNSF Dash 9 with primer paint on the front corner of the cab leads CSX train Q575, which often sports BNSF power, through Hartselle. Too bad the SD75M wasn't leading.

A lashup of six units sits at the ATN yard in Gadsden on an uneventful Saturday afternoon. Like all of ATN's six axle power, the 7444 is a former SP unit, rebuilt by Larry's Truck and Electric.

A venerable straight SD40 leads a local back towards NS's Decatur Yard after working riverfront industries. Locals and switch jobs are all that run on this industrial lead which parallels the Tenn... (more)

While many people make it an objective to go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, I've made it a tradition to go railfanning. Here, an eastbound NS freight passes the quickly fading fall foliag... (more)

A Scherer coal train passes the psychedelic swing set in the park along Decatur Siding. Apparently the 5823 has been involved in a minor collision; notice the primer and replacement door on the en... (more)

Scherer coal empties cross over the Tennessee River drawbridge on a blustery afternoon.

A loaded Palos coal train enters the curve at Townley. Second out is BN 9556, miraculously still devoid of any BNSF patches.

A southbound passes the cemetery of the Samaria Baptist Church. Part of Jasper's industrial park is in the background.

Fall colors on the former Frisco don't just come in the form of changing leaves, but also appear on the trains themselves, as a southbound stack train approaches Carbon Hill.

Locomotives stretch all the way across the Mulberry Fork bridge as Q595 heads south with five units in the consist. The autumn colors are nearing peak in these parts.

The Alabama Southern, a Watco shortline, operates between Columbus, MS and Brookwood, AL, on rails leased from KCS.

The Alabama Southern, a Watco shortline, operates between Columbus, MS and Brookwood, AL, on rails leased from KCS.