A unit train heads for the coal terminal on McD Island with typical L&N coal power for south Alabama in the early '80s - a trio of GP38s with a recently rebuilt U28B (or U30B) helping out.
A solo SD70ACe, which is still relatively new, switches cars around in the Monile Yard for an outbound train. This was my first trip to Alabama, and certainly won't be my last. I enjoyed the rail ... (more)
Delivered to N&W in 1971, this unit kept the number 4146 until rebuilt to a 5500-series GP38-2 at Juniata in 2002. Here, it awaits the call to duty near the east end of the GM&O station. When th... (more)
Carfloat service between Frisco's (former Alabama, Tennessee and Northern) yard and a tank farm across the Mobile River on Blakeley Island started in the 1930s and lasted into the BNSF era. This ... (more)
A GP38-2 leads a member of L&N's small group of GP40-2s (delivered in FL paint) and a GP30 on a southbound train passing the old L&N downtown station. A crane and tug give a little 'seaport' feel... (more)