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NS Train 187 went into

emergency braking when the 29th car dropped a bracket holding the air hose.

Alexander City, AL.

Former Conrail, NS 6802 pulls through Leeds, AL. from Atlanta on it's way to Birmingham, AL.

NS 8782 Dash 9-40C, a SP, and a Rio Grande leads a double stack train toward Atlanta in Edwardsville, AL.

West of Heflin, AL, NS 8717 Dash 9-40C, UP 4813, and FURX 3034 pulls a train

over the mountain towards

Anniston and Birmingham.

A NS train sits on the lead to Coosa Pines waiting for a crew to arrive. This is the US Army's track that was built during WWII to service the former ammunition plant. Norfolk Southern and CSX now use this track to service the Bowater Paper Mill.

This train headed up by the 7035, 7140, & 7016, sits in Childersburg, AL. on the old Southern Anniston Division N-Line.

The 1615, NW SD-40, is seen with a rock train inside E. Norris Yard,

Irondale, AL.

The 3510, a GE B30-7, sits in front of the engine house inside Norris Yard,

Irondale, AL.

A former Southern crane sits in Norris Yard.

I was told this crane may be donated to the

City of Irondale.

Two EMD MP15DC switchers and a RD E4U slug works the yard in

Irondale, AL.

NS 2792, Southern GP38, crosses the CSX diamond in Calera, AL on the Southern RY Anniston District N-Line. This train is heading toward Wilton, AL.

An Operation Lifesaver EMD GP 59 heads up a Eastbound train in front of Robinson Foundry.

Alexander City, AL.

NS Track Inspection & Development Cab

#48 races through

Sylacauga, AL.

A train bound for Talladega, AL rolls past Kylmulga Grist Mill, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Seen in Childersburg crossing under the CofGa concrete trestle, the 2759, SOU GP38, is highlighted

by the afternoon sun.

The full moon is already up as a NS train bound for Wilton, AL.

crosses under the CofGa main and will then cross under

U.S. Hwy. 280.

Childersburg, AL.

This NS trains was shot while standing on the platform at

the Amtrak Station in

Birmingham, AL.

NS 6500, NW GP50 and the SP

(UP) 8366 sits in the siding at

Childersburg, AL.

A Saint Louis Southwestern

engine leads the local A48

Eastbound toward Columbus.

Close up of the SSFL 9023 and 9024 as they roll East toward

Columbus, GA.

Two South Central Florida

units look strange on a normally all black consist of a NS train in Alex City, AL.

The 6522, CG SD50, leads a train past a slow moving CSX train at the Amtrak station in

Birmingham, AL.

At the East end of Goodwater, an Eastbound train has the main while we take the siding.

The damaged 6613 in

Columbus, GA after a

runaway iron pellet car

rolled 6 miles back into the

yard and struck this engine.

This is a better view of the 6613 SD60 and the damage it sustained. The engine was occupied at the time, but no one was hurt.

This and another brush cutter worked the CofGa for over a week in March of 2003.

A NS train is seen with a load of auto carriers and frames backing into

Norris Yard.

The CIRR GP9's were a unusual sight set against the black of the Norfolk Southern.

In Saluda, NC at the top of the grade of the steepest standard gauge mainline in the US at 5.03%. This line was built by the Southern Rwy. and is now owned my NS, although at this time it is out of service.

Still in primer, NS 9542 rolls through Anniston, AL.

Photo: Gary Bradford

Gary Bradford got this great shot of the NS 9234 pulling a long train in Anniston.

NS local train A48 with the 9601 catches a morning breeze through the open door of the DASH 9.

Former Conrail 5262 in the Operation Lifesaver scheme is the second motor on an Eastbound NS train in the siding in Alex City.

Alex City Police and Alabama State Troopers question the crew of NS 199 after a lady walked out in front of the train in Alex City.

The woman died the next day in Russell Hospital in town.

UP 6421 DASH 9-C40W

leads two UP SD90MAC's,

8231 & 866, through

Goodwater, AL.

Gary Bradford took this shot.

Gary Bradford took this great shot of the 9621 paused in front of the

Irondale Cafe.

NS 9034 waits while another train passes in Irondale, AL.

Gary Bradford

Slug 959 seen in

E. Norris Yard in Irondale.

Gary Bradford took this photo.

Operation Lifesaver engine located in the East end of the NS (CofGa) yard in

Columbus, GA.

NS 6118, NW SD40-2, running long hood forward was caught by Gary as it passed the Anniston

Amtrak Station.

Dan Bruner sent me this picture of the derailed train in Phenix City, AL. A loaded dump truck ran into the side of the train while stopped for switching. The driver was killed, as the cab of the truck was totally crushed.

The impact of the truck caused 10 cars to be derailed. The truck was estimated to be traveling around 75 mph.

Photo by Dan Bruner.

At milepost 362 in downtown Alex City, AL. NS Train 199 meets Eastbound 198, which is in the siding.

This car, about 6th from the end, derailed under the

Hwy. 22 bridge on the 199.

This NS train is seen entering

E. Norris Yard in Irondale.

The observation platform is a great place to watch NS trains!

NS inspection train headed up by the former Conrail NS 5350 running fast Eastbound in

Alex City, AL.

August 2001.

The inspection train approaches the 6th Street crossing in front of

Avondale Mills Beville Plant.

NS A41, the Westbound local, switches empty wood chip hoppers at the chip mill in Jackson's Gap, AL.

August 2001

A pig train heads toward Irondale at the 32nd Street Crossing in Birmingham, AL.

August 2001.

This NS coal train was also seen at the 32nd Street

Crossing. Sloss Furnace can be seen in the background

of both pictures.

August 2001.

The NS Engine Simulator is

seen in Alexander City at No. 6

crossing along with a GP38-2.

The engine simulator was used to show local police and fire authorities what to expect from the railroad should an emergency arise.

The driver of this truck was killed when it flipped after hitting the tracks. He was thrown out of the vehicle. High speed and DUI were the factors.

NS A48 passes CofGa

MP 363 in Alex City displaying a large American Flag on the nose.

NS's M&G District trestle over the Chattahoochee River begins in Columbus, GA at M.P. S292.6.

The line here runs down the street through the historic section.

At the end of the line on NS's Mahrt Branch, the yard for Mead Corp. huge plant can be seen from a bridge entering the company.

NS 9366 C40-9W was seen on the point of NS 334 in Alex City. This unit had a engine fire recently and has not been re-painted yet.

The Chattahoochee Valley

Grain Elevator at the AL. State Docks South of Phenix City, AL.

This spur into the docks runs off of the M&G District line.

The Borel Brick Plant 4 on Brickyard Road (Co. Rd. 61)

South of Phenix City is worked from the M&G Line.

NS 334 rolls past Lila's

Engraving in Alex City with NS 9252 25th

Anniversary Operation

Lifesaver engine. One of 7 C40-9W's in the OLS paint.

The John W. Whitaker intermodal terminal in Austell, GA. opened on July, 30, 2001.

Situated on 450 acres, the facility features four loading and unloading tracks, 26,000 feet of

support tracks, 3,200 parking spots for 12x53-foot trailers, 360 spaces for container stacking, six inbound/outbound lanes for trucks and convenient access to Interstate 20.

Dan Bruner took this

picture of the UP 4061

at the point of NS 199 in Columbus, GA.

Another photo by

Dan Bruner showing

NS 199 leaving Columbus

with the BNSF 4439 leading the train.

NS 74K rolls past the depot in

Bessemer, AL. with a 67

Alabama Power cars heading to

the steam plant in Wilsonville, AL.

Pulling are the 9688, the 9694 & 9558, all DASH 9-40CW's

12/04/01

NS 053 pulls into Alex City with the largest yet High/Wide load. This is a dedicated train pulling nothing but the load.

12/28/2001

The 053 moves slowly with a high/wide load through the East end of the siding after meeting local A48

12/28/2001

A close-up of the Siemens-

Westinghouse load. It arrived from Ontario, Canada via CN and then into Birmingham on BNSF, then NS handled it from there to Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, and to here.

12/28/2001

NS 053 stops in town to line the switch so it can move out of the siding.

NS 053 ran this caboose to house the workers in charge

of moving the load safely.

12/28/2001

NS 053 blocks Commerce Drive as it slowly backs off the CofGa main and into the new spur Calpine built to receive these loads.

NS officials check the

progress of backing

the huge car into the spur.

NS 053 positions the load

under the crane that will lift

it off the car.

This load had to be moved out

of the spur before receiving the

other load. Both of these are so

big it takes both transports to

move them to the build site.

The loads move at a maximum

of 5 mph and at a average of 2mph.

The back of the load here moves

past the intersection of Hwy. 63

and Dobbs Road where I live.

12/28/2001

On Sunday the load has

been loaded on the two

transports to be moved on

Monday to the job site.

12/30/2001

On Train 334, this BDLX 8466 C32-8 was seen as the trailing unit. This is a

former CR motor that was painted gray

for ballast train use. Only 10 were built and CR got them all. NS retired all 10.

BDLX bought this unit for their

Junction City, GA. mine switcher.

NS rock train 61G rolls under the abandoned portion of the CSX Lineville Sub in Bessemer, AL. Notice the ACL RR logo on the trestle. CSX's Lineville Sub now merges with the S&NA sub in Parkwood just South of this location.

08/05/02

NS 3289 running long hood forward awaits orders to leave the Southern Rwy. Finley Yard.

You can see the Finley Yard

office and in the background is a portion of ACIPCO.

08/05/02

I found this old Southern Rwy.

sign just behind US Pipe's plant in Bessemer, AL.

08/05/02

The famous Charlie D. waves as the NS Local A48 pulls East out of Sylacauga, AL. on their way to Columbus, GA.

Here's a shot of Cleo and Charlie D. late at night in the cab of one of the local trains on the CofGa line.

A Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. barge navigates up the Tombigbee River in Jackson, AL. This drawbridge is on the NS 3-B South District line from Marion Jct. to Mobile. The dark clouds are from Tropical Storm Bill that hit the are the next day.

06/29/03

I've separated this page out into geographical regions of Alabama where Norfolk Southern tracks now run. I am constantly working on updates to this page as I travel and shoot photos. Click on one of the buttons below to go to a specific region.

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