When large loads need to be moved, the heavy duty flatcar does the trick. This 230 ton capacity flatcar built in May of 2001 at the TTX Augusta, Georgia plant has a 27’ long depressed center wh... (more)

Ballast train A002 sits patiently on the Opelika siding as it waits for traffic to clear up before it can get out to drop some more rock along the WofA mainline. A very friendly & hard working cr... (more)

At just over 1300 feet long, a very short Q611 rumbles into Opelika with 18 cars in tow behind 3 six axle locomotives. While three locos might look like over kill for such a short train right now... (more)

Long Time no See
The train symbol of Q610 is another old ID that has made a return to the A&WP in May of 2017, but unlike train Q611<... (more)

While this loaded grain train is symbolled as CSX G452, you really wouldn’t know it based on the locomotive power up front. With a mix of Eastern, Mid-west and Western power, this southbound tr... (more)

Lite power in the form of foreign Norfolk Southern units return to Opelika after having dropped off their train of empty auto racks at the Kia automobile assembly plant in West Point, GA earlier i... (more)

The conductor of today's A746 rides back to the main line on the rear of this engine after dropping off one boxcar in the transfer tracks at Opelika. The boxcar, which was a bad ordered one, will... (more)

Three days prior to this photo, the old US&S color light signal was still protecting this section of track on the former WofA line. While the signal upgrade along the line has been going on since... (more)

A746 decides to disregard the sign indicating additional parking on the north side of the tracks and instead places its cars on the south side. Just one more car will need to be set out after thi... (more)

Another empty Scherer coal train uses the alternate route to get back to the Memphis gateway from the massive Georgia Power plant in Juliette, GA. Instead of traversing back north through the cong... (more)

The 7913 poses for another night photo in front of my camera, as it pulls freight train Q571 on the West Point Route. This evening the 1... (more)

The Southway Crane & Rigging machine digs in as it begins to lift the A-end of GATX tank car number 69610 who fell in-between the gauge earlier in the day. more)

Aggregate rock trains for the KCS add some extra variety on NS P-Line since they typically run with colorful KCS and sometimes CP power.... (more)

A brand new GE Tier 4 GEVO looks nice and clean today as it leads an empty Scherer coal train into Opelika. The environmentally friendly loco shows off its clean exhaust system meanwhile its EMD t... (more)

Tonight's Q220 consist is quite a sight to behold. Whether it be the classic SD50-3 unit or the recently repainted UP AC4400, either one would look great at the front of this 62 car auto rack tra... (more)