CSX's "Pere Marquette" heritage unit departs Montgomery, Alabama with train M52310, passing the train shed behind the old Union Station building.

CSX's "Pere Marquette" heritage unit leads train M52310 into downtown Montgomery, Alabama, while yarding their inbound train from Birmingham

There was a brief Chessie reunion moment in downtown Montgomery today as train M52310 departed with the Pere Marquette heritage unit leading, meeting northbound M21010 with the C&O unit up front.

Fifty two years ago Wilmot Model Railroad Shop in Prattville was a beacon for model railroaders in the deep south. We traveled there as often as possible to buy treasured models and to chit chat ... (more)

From the get go of the merger I wanted to find these for RF&P oddballs because I didn't expect they would last long. Big surprise. They were still around the last time I checked.

One of the few occasions I got out of my technical school to do some railfanning. Here the "Crescent" is on its way to New Orleans back when it went by the multi-road route. Shows how ... (more)

CSXT ACL 1871 leading C248 as they depart Montgomery

CSX latest Heritage units 1853 (NYC) leads M605 through downtown Montgomery heading for New Orleans Louisiana

The first real road switcher looking pretty.

In the latter years a butthead was hard to find (not as hard as an SD38-2!). I was glad to see this over ever near sundown.

What a great tpwn in the times before mergers.

Southbound unit coal. Photo by Calvin Christman (RIP), from my collection.

A Western Railway of Alabama drags a transfer cut out of S&N Yard (combined SCL and L&N) and across Court Street into WRofA's Chester Yard. In a process that will take a few more years to complet... (more)

CSX 911 leads Q60529 south out of Montgomery, AL, passing the train shed of the old L&N Union Station.

Southbound Floridian is close to on-time on a beautiful summer afternoon.