GM&O's SD40s didn't visit Birmingham prior to the ICG merger due to restrictions on the L&N line used to reach B'ham from home rails at Tuscaloosa. After the merger, they became frequent sights a... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line GP16 #4704, crossing the Southern Railway Birmingham-Sheffield NA line at 27th Street, returning to the former Louisville & Nashville Boyles Yard. #4704 was originally a GP7 b... (more)

A scene which has played out in so many locations in 2014 is well demonstrated on this August day in Birmingham. While the venerable cantilever is still in place and governing movements, its PTC-... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf GP8 #7911, SD40A #6020, GP28 #9429 & GP10 #8254 lead an inbound Chicago train into East Thomas Yard. #7911 is former Pittsburg & Lake Erie GP7 #1505 (delivered as P&LE 5732,... (more)

Built as Southern Railway high hood SD35 3085 in January 1966, the unit has called BN/BNSF home since the early 90s after it's rebuilding into "SD38P" specifications. This small class on BNSF's ro... (more)

Biding its time on the east side of the BNSF’s yard in Birmingham, this auto rack train patently waits for its turn to distribute these empty bi-level racks so that they can be filled with the n... (more)

Burlington Northern SD40-2 #8096 sits adjacent to the East Thomas Yard tower. #8096 was built May 1980 and later became Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) #8096. After leaving roster, unit becam... (more)

Burlington Northern SD45 #6420 in East Thomas Yard. #6420 was built April 1968 as Northern Pacific #3620. Unit was later rebuilt to SD40-2 and became Kansas City Southern #616

Burlington Northern GP50 #3104, built for the Frisco but delivered post-merger, on the Shop Track. #3104 was built December 1980 (was supposed to be Frisco #794 but was delivered with BN paint an... (more)

Amtrak F40PHR's #328 and 325 lead New Orleans bound train #19 past 13th Street Tower (complete with train order signal). 325 and 328 were built in 1979. 13th Street Tower, in addition to being a... (more)

As severe storms form all around the Magic City, train A21 sits patently at 32nd St. awaiting their turn to proceed South towards Bessemer and on to the 3B District. The GP60 has always been one o... (more)

Daily local job A21 passes through downtown Birmingham, Alabama en route to Wilton, Alabama on the 3B District. This train doesn't usually have big AC power so this was quite a surprise!

After waiting on NS to give the Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad (ATN) local Z389-21 a clear board to cross the diamond at 32nd St., the ATN local is underway heading back to Gadsden, Ala from C... (more)