It’s nearly Christmas time and the city of Opelika has just finished decorating their public tree as the southbound Q220 comes into town with over 9300 feet of train. Perhaps one of the new Kia m... (more)

Lite power in the form of Union Pacific units, with a very weather beaten one up front, head sound after dropping off their train of empty auto racks at the Kia plant in West Point.

The entirety of NS 137 is back on the move again after a brief stop at the Opelika interlocking to allow a 12K ton CSX Q606 to get through first. Having cleared the more)

Spirit of America
One a summer night in 2016 the solo unit of CSXT 7812 pulls a 100 car empty hopper train through the stillness of Cusseta. While the outside of this unit looks like ... (more)

A new satellite dish and the new Safetran signal with its heads positioned into their correct orientation, covered with bags, spell out that the end is near for this US&S color light that protects... (more)

It’s a bit frigid this morning as the remains of an overnight snowfall still cling to the ground around A746 who sits snugly tied down in the Notasulga storage track.

Having picked up their locomotives at the seldom used wood yard track just south of here, the lite power of aggregate train W062 is now heading timetable north to retrieve their rock train at <... (more)

It’s been nearly a year since the last time A746 was captured parked overnight on the Cusseta siding with only the road number on the l... (more)

The solo power that brought W987 and its special High & Wide load idles away the night this evening on the CSX-NS transfer tracks in Op... (more)

A colorful lash up of GE locomotives pull today's Q514 and its 152 freight cars through the recently activated signals at Lafayette Connection. The 9400 foot train will traverse Lineville sub tod... (more)

Using the balloon track on the western side of UP's East Yard, a mixed freight train goes about switching cars on a sunny afternoon in the "Drive-By City" as framed by the signal bridge for Tower ... (more)

A fast moving east bound intermodal train composed of domestic and international containers rolls through Tower 112 atop the west bound mainline. A ratty looking AC4400 provides pushing power as ... (more)

The XXB 117.2 signal has company now with the recent installation of a new Safetran color light signal just behind it. It'll still be a few months before the new Vader hood is officially cut in, ... (more)

On a clear Sunday morning, a pair of CSX locomotives round the curve in to Opelika pulling a lengthy 11,223 foot Q220 with comprised with 117 loaded and empty auto racks. Above the train is the n... (more)

War Eagle!!!!
The mid morning sun shines upon CSXT 727 and illuminates a lofty water tower in the background letting you know exactly where you are, "The Loveliest Village On The Plains... (more)