An NS transfer races back north to NS Irondale Yard while NS 3294 holds for clearance south. Meanwhile a severe thunderstorm is baring down on the area with its many ominous colors. Despite the gr... (more)

An eastbound (or possibly northbound) Norfolk Southern train passes through downtown Birmingham. The tuscan red car in the foreground is the dining car for the maintenance camp train.

Clouds obscur the setting sun as a Norfolk Southern freight passes the preserved Sloss Furnace (and a preserved steel mill Baldwin locomotive) just east of downtown Birmingham.

An Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Train is seen here tied down for the weekend in Birmingham, AL, waiting on a new crew to take the Train north

SW1500 with new, or newly-repainted, cab in Boyles Yard. This newer section of the yard must have been expensive, considering how much rock was removed.

New leaser power has arrived onto the ATN in the form of EMD SD40-2 units, two of which can sort of be seen here. If one loves the sounds of EMD six or four axle models, then this Alabama short l... (more)

A pair of swoosh painted SD40-2 locos of ATSF and BN heritage patiently wait for a signal to get back into the tracks of North yard where they'll pick up their interchange cars from NS.

The Birmingham skyline is visible above the lead units of mixed freight train 342 this morning. The train has just come to a stop near the 50th Street control point as it waits for traffic ahead t... (more)

Norfolk Southern Train 320 heads East across the 2nd Avenue Road Crossing in Birmingham, AL. Bound for Norris Yard just east of town at Irondale

NS 320 makes it's last dash for Norris Yard after getting east of downtown Birmingham's madness, SD70 2568 one of 29 active standard cab SD70s leads the day's train.