Norfolk Southern southbound train #151 is powered by NS 9365 (C40-9W), NS 7570 (ES40DC) and NS 8919 (C40-9W)

Trains 341 & 342 were two of the hottest trains on the railroad during their existence. These trains operated in the midwest to Florida corridor and were usually all piggybacks, with autoracks mi... (more)

SCL #333 is the joint UP/SLSF/SCL run-thru received from the Frisco at East Thomas Yard in Birmingham. This heavily laden train is dominated by cars from the west and northwest bound for Florida ... (more)

Birmingham bound NS train #137 has two noteworthy locomotives in today's consist. Besides the obvious SOO Line SD60 #6029, the bottom unit, NS 2580, was the final SD70 constructed for Conrail. T... (more)

Brownsand, as the name implies, is where the Fitzgerald Subdivision drastically changes its track profile. Southward trains must climb Pine Mountain to depart Manchester and then must navigate th... (more)

Above the radiator of L&N 7008, the train order board has been set at its "45" angle for westbound trains. The brakeman on L&N 7008 has just snagged the set of train orders for the engineer while... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line C30-7 #7026, U36C #2131 & C30-7 #7091 lead SCL train #333's Extra around the "New Way" to the junction of the Lineville and Manchester Subdivisions just north of the Manchester... (more)

C30-7 #7040, leading a GP16, another C30-7 and an SD45, pull Birmingham, AL to Waycross, GA train #307 up to the yard office for a crew change. The dimensional loads on the head-end reqiured the ... (more)

Before the standardization of the piggyback business, it was routine to see loaded piggyback flats in regular manifest freights, such as Hamlet, NC to New Orleans, LA run-thru #215

This Port of Mobile bound coal train arrived in Atlanta with two C30-7's and an SD40-2 for power. The Atlanta & West Point added one of their GP7's for additional power over their line between th... (more)

The Port of Mobile received coal trains on a regular basis that had been handled on the Atlanta & West Point/Western Railway of Alabama between L&N terminals in Atlanta, GA and Montgomery, AL

The speed restriction on the curve, combined with the grade, results in the use of very high throttle positions for trains southbound at this location. There will be a stop in 400 feet for a crew... (more)

Louisville & Nashville GP38AC #4041 was built May 1971 and later renumbered to SBD 6262, then CSX 2171. Left roster and rebuilt to GP38M-3 for delivery to Union Pacific as #2406, later re# to UP ... (more)

Louisville & Nashville GP38AC #4023 was built May 1971 and later renumbered to SBD 6244, then CSX 2153. Left roster to become CORP 5153, then IORY 5153. Train #413 came down the A&WP/WofA from A... (more)

Louisville & Nashville GP38AC #4022 was built May 1971 and later renumbered to SBD 6243, then CSX 2152. Became CSX roadway "pumpkin # 9664 before leaving roster to become LLPX 2159. It was one o... (more)