NS A81's power, with a high-hood leading and an ES44AC trailing, runs light through downtown Madison, AL past the site where the Madison Depot used to stand on the way back to the small yard in De... (more)

A high nose GP38-2 leads NS A85 through downtown Madison, AL, late on a September evening running long end forward, the way God intended.

UP 1983 leads NS 23N through downtown Madison, AL in the early hours of April 28, 2016. This makes all 6 UP heritage units leading for me.

The Virginian Heritage Unit leads NS 22N through downtown Madison, AL on the night of April 23, 2016.

Thanks to a message from one of my railfan friends that I got after I was already in bed, I got dressed and went over to Madison to meet him and a couple other railfans to wait on 6920. Here's 22N... (more)

NS 335 rolls through Madison, AL on a sunny afternoon with a ratty ex-CNW C44-9W leading the way.

An empty Scherer coal train splices through downtown Madison at track speed. Madison's entire downtown district is on the US National Register of Historic Places. The town's history is closely lin... (more)

A westbound mixed freight rolls through downtown Madison.

Running as light engines (3348 and 1645), A85 heads west through downtown Madison on its way back to Decatur after working the International Intermodal Center interchange. I nervously watched shad... (more)

A85 brings a cut of containers down the International Intermodal Center Lead. The nice row of trees and manicured grass are courtesy of the Intergraph Corporation, which owns the property adjacent... (more)

A85's power passes the International Paper Lead and the Intergraph complex with the International Intermodal Center's HMCAA SW900 8652 in tow. Once they reach the Intermodal Center, the switcher, ... (more)