One of roughly a dozen SD50-3s left on the CSX system works with an SD40-3 at CSX's Boyles Yard in Birmingham. While its days of leading road trains are likely over, the big EMD is more than capab... (more)

Norfolk Southern train #329 passing through the Block Two and Lehigh Junctions leaving out of Birmingham,AL on the NA West District destined for Sheffield,AL.

A pair of CSXT ST70AH Locomotives lead hotshot Intermodal Train Q026-12 north as they pass through downtown Birmingham, AL.

Norfolk Southern Heritage unit #8114 leads Train 329 west as they pass through Birmingham, AL, on their way to Sheffield, AL.

BlendStar's SD40-2 prepares to move ethanol cars at the company's unloading facility adjacent to BNSF's East Thomas Yard. This locomotive is rarely visible and is a real rarity to see.

Daily NS Freight Train 329 (Irondale, AL - Sheffield, AL) heads North as they cross over CSX's 27th Street interlocking with the Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit leading the Virginian Heritage Unit.

NS 8114 leads Sheffield bound train 329 through Block Two at Lehigh in Birmingham, Alabama on the NA West End District. May 11, 2020.

Norfolk Southern Heritage unit #8114 leads Train 329 west as they pass through 27th Street interlocking in Birmingham, AL, on their way to Sheffield, AL.

Daily NS Freight Train 329 (Irondale, AL - Sheffield, AL) heads North through Birmingham with the Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit on the point.

Daily NS Freight Train 329 (Irondale, AL - Sheffield, AL) heads South through Birmingham with the Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit on the point.

A rare Baldwin switcher sits on the property it spent its whole life working. The historic Sloss Furnaces were one of the many steel mills that made Birmingham the Magic City.

The Conductor (or the Assistant Conductor?) on Amtrak train 19, the southbound Crescent (running 1 hour 15 minutes behind schedule), has lined the hand-operated switch into the station and ... (more)

Frisco 4018 sits at the historic Sloss Furnace steel mill. The rainbow in the background is caused by the water cooling ponds which have been restored to use as a fountain.

Sill looking presentable in it's ATSF regalia, BNSF SD40-2 1765 is at Birmingham, Alabama on a dreary April 18, 2020 morning.