Sunday morning finds local NS train A15 working the Roberta yard just west of downtown Calera. This yard primarily sees covered hoppers and open hoppers that are needed to serve the two quarries o... (more)

Local train A30 has just cut away from cars that it brought into the yard. It now reverses along the switch ladder as it heads for track 3 of the small 5 track yard to begin today's classificatio... (more)

The A30 local has been busy working the Roberta yard just west of Calera as it brings a single carload across County Rd 23. At this yard, NS has two large cement and limestone customers in the fr... (more)

Norfolk Southern Local Freight Train A84 makes their way Southbound back to Wilton, AL. After working Precision Strip Steel Mill in Talladega, AL. as they pass through Roberta, AL. A84 can be seen... (more)

Back to work
A former Burlington Northern SD40-2 displays an acceptable form of tagging on its cab and number boards as it earns its keep and desperately waits for a trip to the paint... (more)

Identity Crisis
A former Penn Central covered hopper now with Conrail lettering but under Norfolk Southern ownership sits in the Roberta yard as it waits for another load of lime from... (more)

Penn Central
The worm logo, as it came to be called by observers, made its debut on Feb. 1 1968 with the creation of Penn Central Transportation Company. Ten years in the making, this... (more)

A veteran SD40-2 of Norfolk Western heritage brings the local A84 through the Roberta Yard and back towards Wilton running as God intended, long hood forward.

One unit is all that is needed to set empty hoppers into the Chemical Line spur.

NS units are tied down at the Lafarge Cemet plant with an impressive cilo towering in the background.