The Crescent - behind two E8As and two FP7As - pulls away from its Tuscaloosa station stop.

I played 'catch the sun' all weekend on one of my few trips to Tuscaloosa way back when. As the Crescent rolled in from Birmingham, it was overcast as heck. A few minutes later, a brief sweet sp... (more)

NOPUT engine terminal.

The engineer heats up a few brake shoes as he brings the southbound Southern Crescent to a stop in Tuscaloosa.

Battered but still beautiful, 6907 and another green E8A bracket a pair of black FP7As on the southbound Crescent as it slides past Tuscaloosa's turreted station on a hazy late spring day in Alaba... (more)

During the nation's bicentennial year, 1976, many railroads chose to honor the country's birthday by painting one of their locomotives in a red, white and blue paint scheme. Southern Railway chos... (more)

E8s still bear the Bi-centennial placards for signers of the Declaration of Independence. This is the last September for the Southern's operations. Amtrak cometh. Honeywell Pentax H1a;

Nancy Hanks II on left. SCL GP switches the Silver Comet on the right. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Agfachrome

Nancy Hanks II departs Terminal Station. Rare to see a SR E unit rather than the C of G on the point. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Agfachrome