A pair of SD9s bracket Southern's only SD7 as they bring a transfer by what's left of the Southern station on their way to Norris Yard in Irondale. The Crescent was daily north of Birmingham,but ... (more)

ATN's 92-car interchange run to CSX at Birmingham, AL slows to a stop as it awaits the signal to cross NS at the 32nd St. interlocking.

A southbound NS freight passes through a time warp, with the classic Southern signal showing its age around its Borg technology descendants.

Its that time of the year for track work on NS, as this rail train was reversing towards Irondale, AL , to lay rail on the NS AL East End Division.

A very colorful intermodal train with international as well as domestic boxes heads past the local Amtrak passenger station on a rather cloudless and hot August morning.

Norfolk Southern vehicle train 27E passes Amtrak train 20 (the "Crescent") at Norris Junction, outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Bringing up the markers on 20 is the Georgia Railroad Pull... (more)

In Birmingham, at least, it seemed like road power was often grubby, but switchers were generally kept quite clean. Maybe the road units had to get back to Springfield for 'real' washes.

A white-faced BN GP50 leads today’s BNSF Transfer as it comes off the NA/West End District for its journey to North Yard. While rounding the curve some new sights can be seen. First is the fra... (more)

NS SD60 6510 (the 2nd) stands in Birmingham, Al. with a fresh coat of paint on the night of November 30,2014. Built as CN&W 8001 in August 1968, the unit became UP 5946 then moved through the rank... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf GP8 #7720, a 1977 Paducah rebuild from Frisco GP7 #623, originally built in 1952, left the ICG roster and went to the Atlantic & Gulf Railway

One of IC's SD40s with the unusual L-shaped windshield gets some attention at East Thomas yard. IC once had a pretty fair amount of B'ham traffic. Don't know what killed it, maybe going head-to-... (more)

An L&N crew waits to add private car Florida Surf to the rear of the Floridian. The car was built by Pullman in 1954 for the NC&StL.

Burlington Northern SW1500 #34 in East Thomas Yard. #34 was built October 1968 as Frisco (SLSF) #329 and later became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #3414

Burlington Northern SW1500 #31 sits adjacent to the Yard Tower in East Thomas Yard. #31 was built October 1968 as Frisco (SLSF) #326. After Burlington Northern - Santa Fe merger, unit became BNSF... (more)

A trio of SDs - led by an SD45-2 - roar toward the short bridge that carried SCL's ex-SAL Atlanta-Birmingham main over both the SOU and CofG mains at Weems.