A Conrail alumnus drowses in the sun after wrapping up its duties as yard switcher. Flomaton is the junction between the mainline and what is now a branch to Pensacola, CSX Having elected to sell... (more)

One of the last remaining EMD locomotives in CSX's YN2 paint sits in Flomaton Yard contrasted with the current "Boxcar Logo" scheme.

CSX Q605 rolls up to a stop in Flomaton, Alabama, to meet CSX Q606. Flomaton is a place that is rare in any book now. R2 color lights in front of the old coal tower make for an impressive scene. A... (more)

Three EMD products including a rebuild and slug set are reflected in a puddle in Flomaton Yard. These units are on an MOW train that is being held in the yard until needed. Taken from public pr... (more)

After visiting a model train show in Pensacola for my son's fifth birthday, we venture north to Flomaton to see if CSX is running anything. The sun pops out just in time to capture a New Orleans ... (more)

Louisville & Nashville GP30 1036 at Flomaton, Alabama. This engine would later become Seaboard System 1367. (January 27, 1973)

Not much resides at CSX's Flomaton Yard today but a few cars and some foreign power. The two travelers are, Union Pacific #8156 and Union Pacific EMD SD70M #5100. Rays of sunlight manage to find ... (more)

On track 1 CSX power and its manifest train awaits a new crew in the small yard at Flomaton. An old Louisville and Nashville (L&N) coaling tower still standing since 1943, (in background) sees al... (more)

Evidence of the ex-L&N line that this coaling tower use to serve, still stands with its logo and date of construction (1943) engraved into both of its north and south sides. Now CSX owns the trac... (more)

This train has just 'taken a right' to head for Pensacola, FL, but most of it is still on the old L&N's NOLA-Cincy main stem back around the curve. Power may look boring, but there is a bit of va... (more)

Q145 idles under the ex Louisville and Nashville railroad coal tower. The late spring evening is turning into night in a glorious display of blue and purple hues. Q145 is about to re-crew and proc... (more)

Former B&O series was way outnumbered in the Chessie System by GPs, though I have never figured out why.

Originally L&N and then SBD, this early phase U30B was actually on the point of a southbound freight doing some switching.

The obsolete coaling tower looms over a Louisville & Nashville train hauling pulpwood in Flomaton, Alabama, on January 27th, 1973. The lead engine is F9A 556, built by EMD in December 1956 as L&N... (more)

A012 is seen in the process of getting its locomotives wyed and will then head south to the siding at Wawbeek to pick up its loaded ballast hoppers for a trip onto the Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE C40-8 (Dash 8-40C)
Location: Flomaton, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 7569
Train ID: CSX A012
Photo Date: December 29, 2010