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  1. Loading The Pipe

    Loading The Pipe

    Pipe is transfered from the rail car over to the flat bed, 3 per load, for transfer to the work site.
  2. NS 3368 Close Up

    NS 3368 Close Up

    NS 3368 with downtown Goodwater, AL in the background is seen working the gas pipe line train.
  3. Waiting For More MTY'S

    Waiting For More MTY'S

  4. Stretched Out Pipe On The P-Line

    Stretched Out Pipe On The P-Line

    A long cut of TTX cars with gas pipe stretches out of the House Track and into the siding in Goodwater, AL on the NS P-Line.
  5. NS 3368 In Goodwater

    NS 3368 In Goodwater

    NS 3368 works the gas line pipe train in Goodwater, AL on the NS P-Line.
  6. Cotton Belt 9647 Hearne, Texas

    Cotton Belt 9647 Hearne, Texas

    Cotton Belt GP60 sits in the yard at Hearne, Texas after returning from local work on March 24, 2011
  7. Ex SP AC4400 UP 6403 Taylor, Texas

    Ex SP AC4400 UP 6403 Taylor, Texas

    UP 6403 in Southern Pacific paint passes through Taylor, Texas on an empty SATX coal train heading back north
  8. Looking Back

    Looking Back

    The conductor of NS 137 seems to be daydreaming about far off lands as this train passes through Alexander City, AL.
  9. Between The Streets

    Between The Streets

    NS 137, a westbound CofGa train, is seen on the NS P-Line in Alexander City, AL. Washington Street, on the opposite side of the train, and Lee Street in the forground, sandwich the tracks for about a mile at this location.
  10. Heading North At Woodlawn Jct.

    Heading North At Woodlawn Jct.

    This NS train is seen at Woodlawn Jct. in Birmingham, AL.
  11. Waiting at The Junction

    Waiting at The Junction

    This unknown southbound NS train pulled up to a stop at CMC Recycling at Woodlawn Jct. just East of downtown Birmingham, AL.
  12. NS 933

    NS 933

    NS 933 was seen as the last unit on NS 334 on this day. This unit, a RP-E4D Road Slug, was built from a NW 918, a GP-18, that was originally built in 1959!
  13. What's This??

    What's This??

    NS 334 takes the sharp curve at Lovick, AL just before hitting the P-Line just east of this location at Central (Leeds), AL. Check out the last unit pulling the train.
  14. Eastbound Coal

    Eastbound Coal

    Forget the number. This Eastbound coal train is seen at Lovick, AL just West of Leeds. This train will enter the NS P-Line at Central just East of this location and head down to Childersburg, where it will then take the R-Line over to the steam plant at Wilsonville, AL.
  15. High Altitude

    High Altitude

    NS Train 335, westbound, moves slowly across the trestle entering downtown Leeds, AL. This is on the NS P-Line between Columbus, GA and Irondale (Birmingham), AL. The line below is the NS Eastend Division between Birmingham and Atlanta.
  16. Taking The Siding At Winburn

    Taking The Siding At Winburn

    NS Train 335 enters the siding at Winburn, AL on the NS P-Line.
  17. Crossing Over

    Crossing Over

    NS train 335, on the NS P-Line heading West towards Irondale, crosses over the CSX Lineville Sub at Arkwright, AL. This is just outside of Vincent, AL.
  18. Crossing Over At  27th Street

    Crossing Over At 27th Street

    This NS train, after waiting at 2nd Ave. for the MoW to clear up, proceeds through the 27th Street interlock and approached 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL.
  19. Stretched Out In Birmingham

    Stretched Out In Birmingham

    A Birmingham Southern Railroad train is seen stretched out of their yard in Ensley (Birmingham), Alabama on a very warm August morning.
  20. Hot Standby

    Hot Standby

    The Fireman keeps the power plant on-line during the excursion's lunch break.


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