Framed by emblems of DTC track authorities and ABS signaling, the A746 local heads toward Montgomery with a new GEVO on the point.

A new Roanoke Siding is being constructed just north of town, replacing the original siding in town. The new siding will be longer and not block as many grade crossings as the old one. This is jus... (more)

A grain train dodges the shadows cast by the setting sun as it passes the north end of the siding at Standing Rock.

An intermodal train swings into a superelevated curve as it heads north toward Birmingham. The community of Abanda is named after the initial builder of the railroad: the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atl... (more)

A southbound crosses the Bay Saint Louis bridge. Note the mangled pier supports in the foreground, a reminder of the utter devastation this area suffered during Hurricane Katrina. This shot was ta... (more)

The southbound Crescent swings under a signal bridge as it prepares to make its station stop in Anniston during a light rain shower.

173, long recognized as one of the hottest trains on the Southern mainline, blasts by the station in Anniston on a drizzly Sunday morning. Still in use as a stop for Amtrak's Crescent, the station... (more)

The 5046 is running long hood forward on the point of A80 as it heads toward Sheffield.

One of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's former US Army GP7s is the power for today's Missionary Ridge jaunts.

A Sequatchie Valley crew switches at the small yard where the SQVR interchanges with the CSX. The GP7 was built in 1952 as the C&O 5827 and has changed hands many times since. It continues to wear... (more)

Q582 crosses the "new" bridge over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport. The old bridge, upon which a walking trail has recently been constructed, still stands to the right. This is actually a drawbr... (more)

A northbound auto rack train passes by the restored station in Bridgeport.

Two trains from two different railroads hauling very different commodities meet on the former NC&StL. On the left is CSX intermodal Q126 and on the right is NS 732, a Plant Scherer coal train. NS ... (more)

A Scherer coal train crosses the Paint Rock River bridge on an unseasonably hot, humid, and hazy afternoon.

Spring has arrived in full force in north Alabama as a yard job works CSX's Oakworth Yard.