The daily run-through freight - delivered to L&N in New Orleans by Southern Pacific - has a quartet of that road's geeps behind a home-road GP38-2. They are just about to depart for Birmingham an... (more)

The daily freight to Tuscaloosa and Artesia approaches the yard limits behind GP38-2 9613 (bought new by the merged company), assisted by an ex-IC GP40 and an ex-GM&O GP30. That GP38-2 - built in... (more)

For the last few years, CSX has not been able to decide what to do with the line from Montgomery down through Dothan and Thomasville to Waycross. They don't seem to want it, but can't seem to let... (more)

A unit train of coal from western Kentucky rolls past the tower at Amqui. On the other side of the building is the Louisville line, which is still referred to as 'the main', though it has been ec... (more)

Frequent problems restarting Atlanta-bound trains after the required stop at the Southern crossing in Opelika led to the practice shown in this photo. Crews stopped their trains on the downgrade ... (more)

Back in the days just before Family Lines became a thing, this run-through train originated in Cincy, running down the L&N to Atlanta, then utilizing the A&WP/WRofA to reach Montgomery. Here, the... (more)

Quite a bit of unexpected diesel variety leads a northbound CSX freight, with a U36B/GE Mate in SBD paint up front, followed by a CSX GP40/slug set, a Chessie System GP38, and a Family Lines Uceta... (more)

The usual high-horsepower SP/SSW four-axle power leads CSX intermodal train 144 as it passes Roanoke Junction. The diverging line originally went to Roanoke, but by the time of the photo had been... (more)

Two ex-GM&O GP30s and an ex-IC GP9 clash a little less than some of the color combinations possible in the early days after the ICG merger. They are teamed up on train 30, and headed for Tuscaloo... (more)

A 'big' SCL freight heads south through rural Georgia behind a trio of U36Bs. At the time of the photo, Southern still operated a branch through Woodbury, but it is long gone.

The daily Hamlet-NOLA run-through freight heads for Montgomery where it will move on to L&N rails.

Created from an old Baldwin switcher, slug 3009 is fresh from Railway Supply Company. RSCo utilized the former Western Railway of Alabama shops for their slug rebuilds, and other refurbs and conv... (more)

In spring/summer 1973, a buddy and I made several trips from home in Auburn to Montgomery, hoping to see and shoot lots of models and paint schemes. In Auburn we got two SCL-powered trains a day ... (more)

Three NS GP38-2's and a GP38 lead a northbound as they storm their train through Birmingham.

Poor ol' 197 used to be SCL black, but years of Alabama sun and the heat of its 567 - along with a good coating of long-untouched grime - have degraded the paint to whatever color this is.