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  1. Crossing Huckleberry Road

    Crossing Huckleberry Road

    NS Train 335 crosses Huckleberry Road about half-way down the 5 mile long Trammells Hill headed into Sylacauga, AL. This is a favorite shot of the photographers for both East and West bound trains. This location is on the NS P-Line in Talladega County, AL.
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  2. Descending The Hill

    Descending The Hill

    NS Train 335 is seen descending the 5 mile long 1.16% grade known as Trammells Hill heading West as it comes up on Trammells Road where the photographer is standing. You might can notice the visual descent of the box cars compared to the locomotive in this shot. This is no illusion. This is on...
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  3. NS 335 At Trammells Hill In Alabama

    NS 335 At Trammells Hill In Alabama

    NS 335 Arrives at the top of Trammells Hill in Talladega County, Alabama on the NS P-Line. It now has to travel a steady downhill 1.16%, 5 mile grade into Sylacauga, AL at the bottom of the hill. Dynamic brakes are a must have option on this grade.
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  4. West End of Trammells

    West End of Trammells

    This is a shot of the West end of Trammells on the NS Central of Georgia P-Line in Talladega County. This is East of Sylacauga and just West of Hollins. This is the crest of the long, East bound 1.16%, 5 mile long grade out of Sylacauga. CTC begins/ends here to the West and Track Authorities...
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  5. Sharp Turn At Soleo

    Sharp Turn At Soleo

    NS 336 has just met NS 335 in Goodwater, and here NS 336 is seen heading on East in Soleo, AL on the NS Central of Georgia P-Line in Coosa County, Alabama.
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  6. NS 335 West End Of Alex City

    NS 335 West End Of Alex City

    NS Train 335 is seen leaving Alexander City, AL and into Coosa County and Kellyton on a bright, sunshiny day.
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  7. Basking In The Alabama Sun

    Basking In The Alabama Sun

    NS Central of Georgia Train 335 takes in the sun on a beautiful March 3rd morning in Alexander City, AL. This west bound train is heading towards Birmingham, AL from Columbus, GA.
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  8. Rattling The Windows In Soleo

    Rattling The Windows In Soleo

    NS Central of Georgia Train 137 pounds through Soleo, AL on the NS P-Line on a cool and wet Wednesday March morning as it heads West towards Birmingham, AL. Soleo is a little community between Goodwater to the West and Kellyton to the East. This block signal is the MP371.2. This is on the former...
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  9. Rattling The Windows In Soleo

    Rattling The Windows In Soleo

    NS Central of Georgia Train 137 pounds through Soleo, AL on the NS P-Line on a cool and wet Wednesday March morning as it heads West towards Birmingham, AL. Soleo is a little community between Goodwater to the West and Kellyton to the East. This block signal is the MP371.2. This is on the former...
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  10. Between The Switches

    Between The Switches

    NS 137 is holding the main line at Lipsy (Alabama) on the NS P-Line after meeting the opposing NS A45. Lipsy, seen here, and Hightower, located at the East end of the sideing, is located just West of Sylacauga, AL on the former Central of Georgia Columbus (GA)Division, Birmingham Sub. This...
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  11. High Hood Forward

    High Hood Forward

    NS A45, seen here in a blurry shot, is passing the tail end of NS 137 at Lipsy on the NS P-Line between Sylacauga and Bon Air, AL. Westbound NS 137 held the main while Eastbound A45 took the siding, which is the norm on this line. This is the former Central of Georgia Columbus (GA) Division...
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  12. Dynamics Screaming!

    Dynamics Screaming!

    NS Train 137 brakes hard coming down the West slope of the 5 mile long Trammells Hill as seen here at the 387.6 mile post. The second units dynamic brakes were howling trying to keep the tonnage under controle.
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  13. The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    The conductor of NS Train A45 has a long walk ahead of him to through a switch, as his train waits at "The Brickyard" signal at the foot of Trammells Hill in Sylacauga, AL. This location is at the East end of town on the former Central of Georgia Columbus (GA) Division, Birmingham Sub.
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  14. Pulling Out Of The Marble Lead

    Pulling Out Of The Marble Lead

    This EARY train is seen pulling up the grade on the Marble Lead coming out of the Imery's Marble Quarry at Gantt's Jct in Sylacauga, AL.
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  15. Classic Lineville Sub Shot

    Classic Lineville Sub Shot

    The CSX 8760 rolls South by the depot in Roanoke, AL. Unfortunatly, the depot burned down a few years ago. There is still one left like this up the line a few miles in Wadley, AL.
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  16. East On The P-Line

    East On The P-Line

    This train is rolling past Robinson Iron on the West end of Alex City, AL heading East to Columbus, GA.
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  17. Goodwater, Here I Come!

    Goodwater, Here I Come!

    Heading around the 2nd of two steep curves in Kellyton, AL, NS 137 is heading towards Goodwater and on to Birmingham, AL on the NS P-Line.
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  18. Approaching Washington Street

    Approaching Washington Street

    NS 137 is seen here on the NS P-Line just before crossing under the Washington Street bridge on the very far West end of Alexander City, AL.
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  19. Gotta Keep On Movin', Movin'!

    Gotta Keep On Movin', Movin'!

    NS 137, hot on the heels of NS 921, has its turn at the MP366 sign. NS 137 was held up behind the 921 for a meet with the east bound NS 336 back in town in Alexander City, AL.
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  20. By The MP366

    By The MP366

    NS 921 Herzog rock train shuffles past the MP366 milepost between Alexander City and Kellyton, AL heading West with several tons of ballast. This is the NS (Central of Georgia) P-Line between Columbus, GA and Birmingham, AL.
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