A short timer Q611 hustles through Opelika with 6500 feet of train as it passes the iconic coal tower from the steam days of railroading. The yellow diamond on the right is a CSX speed limit sign... (more)

After a meet with NS 187 in Opelika, NS 198 heads east toward Columbus on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

Q606 rolls into the city of Opelika under the cover of darkness lead by a rather clean looking YN2 painted AC4400. Tonight’s Q606 measures in at over 7600 foot long train and is comprised of 12... (more)

The afternoon running A746 crosses the interlocking with NS as it pulls into Opelika with 11 cars. The train will soon back into one of the spur tracks here so as to get out of the way for a sout... (more)

A746 in its typical southbound orientation of long hood forward rolls into Opelika on a sunny October afternoon. Cars from the customers of Norbord and Knauf make up a majority of today’s 17 car... (more)

Just a little over a year from their rolling date, a pair of 115# strings of rail from the ArcelorMital rail mill in Steelton, PA have been installed along the former Western Railway of Alabama li... (more)

A non-horse head Dash 9 leads still looks pretty good for being over 20 years old as it an a DC to AC conversion locomotive pull aggregate train 96Z through Opelika. This empty Herzog ballast tra... (more)

One fifth of the PRLX SD70MAC leaser fleet being utilized by NS is at the front of train 137 as the 6200 foot long freight train slowly treks through Opelika. The long length today is quite a cha... (more)

Although it looks like it might have come out of the GE plant in Erie last week, this AC4400 was actually built in May of 1997 for the UP. The fresh coat of armour yellow and Harbormist gray stan... (more)

A five unit lash up of mostly CSX and some Union Pacific locomotives rolls through Opelika as the NOLA bound mixed freight train continues its southward trek.

With the Christmas holiday behind us, A746 is back at it this morning as it prepares to depart Opelika heading north after dropping off interchange cars with NS. To the right, my beautiful girlfr... (more)

Local train A746 works the West Fraser saw mill as seen from the underutilized hwy 431 bridge. Note: The rare and elusive Frank Orona can be seen in his natural habitat to the left.

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... (more)

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)

A fresh load of new Kias rolls through the small town of Opelika which has put out its annual Christmas decorations to celebrate the season.