NS 130, with a dying breed up front, works hard to climb the grade Northbound out of Cottondale towards Birmingham, and with the destination of Chattanooga in mind.

On a cold, windy November day, Amtrak 19 rolls through Cottondale, AL on time.

UP 9377 blasts out of the Alabama woods as it leads an NS manifest southward to Meridian, MS and the Kansas City Southern interchange.