Ballast train W081 is on the move through Standing Rock with 66 car loads and a rebuilt locomotive up front.

58 cars of rock are being hauled south by a rebuilt flared MAC and GE locomotive. This EMD was original built in 2003, and now has many more miles ahead after receiving some up grades.

An empty CSX ballast train crosses the Rappahannock River southbound on the CSX RF&P subdivision on a beautiful Easter afternoon.

W081 shoves eastbound past the doll arm signal at EE Georgia, after laying ballast on the Indiana Sub the previous day.

Amidst a westbound parade, CSX ballast extra W081 blasts through the small town of Fonda with an AC6000CW as the lead unit.

Rocks, Racks and Waiting
After patiently sitting for B237, Q648, Q237 and finally more)

With new rolls of hay off to the side, the loaded Herzog ballast train of W081 streaks into Thorsby in the afternoon hours of August with a delightful ACe at the point.

"I'm a MAC and I'm a GE" The two locomotive builders pose side by side as Q619 and its GE wide cab pass by a parked W081more)

Traffic starts to stack up as aggregate train W081 has just come off of the new Loachapoka and now slowly backs its train into the Vulcan Materials plant for another load of fresh ballast to pour ... (more)

A 70MAC and mother slug set are the power for rock train W081, which dropped off empty Herzog ballast hoppers in Vulcan Materials for another load of aggregate. The locomotives then tied up on th... (more)

With Nashville Union Station as a backdrop W081 passes through the Gluch with a loaded Herzog Ballast train while Y226 works the Kayne Avenue Yard.

An empty Herzog ballast train is about to leave the Manchester sub and tie down in the Manchester yard as it awaits the next load of aggregate rock.