On a busy day in Birmingham, a CSX coal train joins several other trains that leave the city southward.

Norfolk Southern Train 339 heads southbound through 43rd Street in Birmingham, AL.

Waiting for indication to get underway, Alabama Tennessee River Railway train Z390 will soon cross 32nd steet with a mixture of freight.

Conrail heritage leads an Irondale-Mobile manifest.

There were many scenic views along route of Southern Crescent. This is not that, though water tank was landmark for many years.

CSXT 521 leads X52310 going by CP South Alice in Birmingham, AL

CSX 3194 leads daily hotshot Q125 at Birmingham, Al

NS 8843 leads an empty coke train through Argo, Al.

Old workhorse NS 8864 takes a rest in Birmingham, Al.

The Conrail HU leads hotshot pig train i026 through the Magic City.

Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Train Z390 heads southbound through 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL. on their way to interchange with CSX at Boyles Yard.

Passing the famous Sloss Furnaces, is a manifest train with 4 EMD engines and one lone GE. Norfolk Southern has well over 100 of the ACe units active on their roster.

Autos get underway as they follow a southbound out of the city lead by an Evolution Series GE built in 2011. CSX and Norfolk Southern lines both pass under the 24th Street bridge.

Intermodal containers roll into Birmingham out of Fairburn, GA. Nearing its destination, this Heritage 2 unit will soon arrive with its train at East Thomas Yard.

Norfolk Southern's Interstate heritage unit rolls into the Magic City with a mixed consist. This train is out of Meridian, MS, and is near its destination in Irondale, AL at Norris Yard.