Empty covered hoppers of CSX and their fallen flag legacy come into the Historic Downtown District of Opelika one sunny morning. A Gevo leads the way but a surprising EMD SD50-2 is lurking behind... (more)

When key components on freight cars fail and the subsequent repairs can’t be made at the location said car is set out, then you got to improvise a temporary solution to get the car running again... (more)

The moon begins to rise over the Southern Railway caboose X427 as it rests in its new location of Stern Park near the Historic Downtown Opelika area. Over the summer of 2018, this caboose was mov... (more)

The Pennsy heritage unit leads a 5 locomotive consist through Opelika as it pulls freight train 137 below I-85.

That dark, wet section of long hood indicates all is not well with 3819. In fact, it has been shut down since near Leeds, leaving the trailing B36-7 and B30-7 to struggle over the hilly former Ce... (more)

The N&W heritage unit makes a surprise visit onto the Central of Georgia District in Opelika. The famous engine puts in quite a workout as it pulls 166 cars that make up today’s 9100 foot long ... (more)

Holding onto what little grab irons there are on a Difco dump gondola, the conductor of A746 keeps a 3 point stance as he rides the shove maneuver to place these gons or riprap into the Opelika si... (more)

The Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage unit adds some color to an otherwise black night as it leads freight train 187 out of Opelika one mid December evening across one very stout looking con... (more)

Q611 rounds the corner into Opelika with three AC units pulling 168 cars south. Today would be a red-letter week in the history of this line as this train would be one of the first to travel over... (more)

The late afternoon light finds BNSF 8442 pulling one of the numerous Plant Scherer train sets as it heads west for another load of black diamonds for the famous Georgia Power plant. The CofG line... (more)

The N&W Heritage Unit comes through Opelika as my foreground clutter of a boyfriend Frank Orona photobombs my shot at the last second. ;)

EMD touted the GP50 as a do-anything locomotive, but in actual service it seemed more runner than dragger. The model did not live up to the manufacturer's hype and proved unpopular on many roads,... (more)

Only 16 cars make up A746 as it heads to its last customer of the day. If something looks odd here, it's the lack of rear ditch lights on the loco which consequently requires the train to slow to... (more)

A pair of YN2 painted AC4400 models bring a Q220 auto rack train into Opelika as seen from the 6th Street Bridge. The short 4300 foot train is only made up of 45 auto racks this morning as it hea... (more)

For a moment as this westbound came through the interlocking, I thought I was capturing one of the rare loaded rock trains that happen to originate from one of the two quarries in Columbus. But as... (more)