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Viewing Album:  East Alabama Vol. II - John Higginson
 
By:John Higginson
Dates:5/1/2006 - 6/30/2007
Album Info:concentrating on locations south of Birmingham and from Montgomery eastward
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FURX 8120
Title:  FURX 8120
Description:  CSX train A746 passes Collins Farm
Photo Date:  10/12/2006  Upload Date: 10/13/2006 2:00:32 PM
Location:  Cusseta, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FURX 8120(SD40-2)
Views:  329   Comments: 1
NS 6773
Title:  NS 6773
Description:  NS train A41 departs Salem after working the lumber mill.
Photo Date:  10/12/2006  Upload Date: 10/13/2006 2:01:43 PM
Location:  Salem, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6773(SD60M)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
NS 2873
Title:  NS 2873
Description:  A former Southern GP38AC, running long hood forward, prepares to lead NS train 137 into the siding at Opelika.
Photo Date:  10/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/16/2006 12:43:18 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2873(GP38AC)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
CSX 8735
Title:  CSX 8735
Description:  CSX train G430 at the point where the new Florida Rock spur will eventually be tied into the main.
Photo Date:  10/28/2006  Upload Date: 10/30/2006 11:39:23 AM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  CSX 8735(SD60I)
Views:  211   Comments: 1
CSX 8821
Title:  CSX 8821
Description:  CSX train Q611 makes a rare pickup at Notasulga
Photo Date:  10/28/2006  Upload Date: 10/30/2006 11:37:20 AM
Location:  Notasulga, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8821(SD40-2)
Views:  377   Comments: 1
new spur construction (part 3)
Title:  new spur construction (part 3)
Description:  The track for the new spur to the Florida Rock quarry is in place for the most part (it can seen heading toward the quarry at far left). The switch where the spur will join the mainline still awaits instalration, as do the gates on the new AL Highway 14 crossing. The light poles and guard rail along the road are also new.
Photo Date:  10/28/2006  Upload Date: 10/30/2006 11:41:42 AM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  233   Comments: 0
UP 4173
Title:  UP 4173
Description:  CSX train U234(?)
Photo Date:  11/10/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:02:03 PM
Location:  Auburn, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4173(SD70M)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
UP 4642
Title:  UP 4642
Description:  NS train 187 crosses Lake Martin
Photo Date:  11/12/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:03:34 PM
Location:  Alexander City, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  UP 4642(SD70M)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
CSX 7513
Title:  CSX 7513
Description:  CSX train A746 heads south just before sunset
Photo Date:  12/5/2006  Upload Date: 12/6/2006 12:16:23 AM
Location:  Milstead, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7513(C40-8)
Views:  448   Comments: 1
NS 5647 with office car special
Title:  NS 5647 with office car special
Description:  NS 951, an office car special with three NS passenger cars and clean, consecutively numbered GP38-2 rebuilds, speeds east with NS CEO Wick Moorman and other dignitaries aboard. The train is heading from Birmingham, AL to Macon, GA.
Photo Date:  12/5/2006  Upload Date: 12/6/2006 12:17:24 AM
Location:  Chewacla, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  NS 5647(GP38-2)
Views:  448   Comments: 2
NS 8889
Title:  NS 8889
Description:  NS train 336 heads east with the first wide cab unit ever purchased by NS on the point.
Photo Date:  12/27/2006  Upload Date: 1/10/2007 12:35:28 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8889(C40-9W)
Views:  619   Comments: 2
NS 6586
Title:  NS 6586
Description:  An empty Herzog rock train, NS 922, heads east toward Columbus.
Photo Date:  1/14/2007  Upload Date: 1/18/2007 2:50:36 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6586(SD60)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
new spur construction (part 4)
Title:  new spur construction (part 4)
Description:  The Florida Rock quarry spur is now completed from the switch off the main to CSX's maintenance limits just beyond the left side of the frame. The quarry is still laying track and completing the rock loader. No train has taken the switch as of yet, but as you can see, everything looks ready to go.
Photo Date:  1/19/2007  Upload Date: 1/30/2007 12:57:36 AM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  250   Comments: 0
NS 9477
Title:  NS 9477
Description:  NS train 335
Photo Date:  1/28/2007  Upload Date: 1/30/2007 12:56:47 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9477(C40-9W)
Views:  446   Comments: 1
CSX 748
Title:  CSX 748
Description:  A southbound departs Montgomery with the former Amtrak grain elevator station, the train shed (now a parking lot), and union station in the backround. Unfortunetly, a new parking deck has also crept into the scene.
Photo Date:  2/10/2007  Upload Date: 2/12/2007 8:41:26 PM
Location:  Montgomery, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Station,Signal
Locomotives:  CSX 748(SD70MAC)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
KCS 4002
Title:  KCS 4002
Description:  KCS 'Aces' lead NS train 136!
Photo Date:  2/10/2007  Upload Date: 2/12/2007 8:40:11 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 4002(SD70ACe)
Views:  652   Comments: 1
NS 6668
Title:  NS 6668
Description:  NS train 198
Photo Date:  2/10/2007  Upload Date: 2/12/2007 8:39:18 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6668(SD60)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
WofA semaphore
Title:  WofA semaphore
Description:  What's left of a semaphore, permanently fixed in an 'approach distant' aspect, just west of downtown Montgomery on the former Western Railway of Alabama. This route is now a part of the Meridian & Bigbee and has recently hosted numerous run-through trains between the KCS in Meridian and the CSX (former L&N) in Montgomery.
Photo Date:  2/10/2007  Upload Date: 2/12/2007 8:42:19 PM
Location:  Montgomery, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  263   Comments: 1
KCS 4010
Title:  KCS 4010
Description:  NS train 137
Photo Date:  2/11/2007  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 2:34:05 PM
Location:  Jacksons Gap, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 4010(SD70ACe)
Views:  414   Comments: 1
KCS 4010
Title:  KCS 4010
Description:  KCS ACes lead NS 137 through Gold Ridge (that's what they call it on the railroad).
Photo Date:  2/11/2007  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 2:30:26 PM
Location:  Gold Hill, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 4010(SD70ACe)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
KCS 4010
Title:  KCS 4010
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/11/2007  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 2:32:30 PM
Location:  Alexander City, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4010(SD70ACe)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
KCS 4010
Title:  KCS 4010
Description:  The KCS ACe duo on NS 137 paused at the west end of Alex City after picking up a cut of cars.
Photo Date:  2/11/2007  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 2:31:38 PM
Location:  Alexander City, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 4010(SD70ACe)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
CSX 8867
Title:  CSX 8867
Description:  CSX A746 pulls out of the siding at the south end of Opelika, heading for Montgomery.
Photo Date:  3/8/2007  Upload Date: 3/9/2007 4:12:04 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  CSX 8867(SD40-2)
Views:  680   Comments: 2
NS 2733
Title:  NS 2733
Description:  NS 922, a Herzog ballast train, passes Simmons Street on its way through Opelika.
Photo Date:  3/8/2007  Upload Date: 3/9/2007 4:12:46 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2733(SD70M-2)
Views:  583   Comments: 1
CSX 764
Title:  CSX 764
Description:  CSX train Q611
Photo Date:  3/10/2007  Upload Date: 3/15/2007 8:02:56 PM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 764(SD70MAC)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
CSX 5245
Title:  CSX 5245
Description:  CSX train Q612
Photo Date:  3/11/2007  Upload Date: 3/15/2007 8:03:58 PM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5245(ES44DC)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
BNSF 122
Title:  BNSF 122
Description:  A Warbonnet and two SD40-2s are on the point of NS 918, a loaded rock train heading for the BNSF at Birmingham, AL. Unfortunetly, vandals have tagged the 122 with graffiti.
Photo Date:  3/13/2007  Upload Date: 3/15/2007 8:05:11 PM
Location:  Smiths Station, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  BNSF 122(GP60M)
Views:  643   Comments: 1
NS 4621
Title:  NS 4621
Description:  NS A48 splits the signals at the P-309.7 as it heads east after picking up a cut of loaded woodchip hoppers.
Photo Date:  3/13/2007  Upload Date: 3/15/2007 8:13:46 PM
Location:  Salem, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 4621(GP59)
Views:  652   Comments: 1
NS 9598
Title:  NS 9598
Description:  NS train 371
Photo Date:  3/17/2007  Upload Date: 4/5/2007 1:17:54 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9598(C40-9W)
Views:  416   Comments: 1
NS 6718
Title:  NS 6718
Description:  NS train 187
Photo Date:  3/18/2007  Upload Date: 4/5/2007 1:18:30 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6718(SD60I)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
NS 4632
Title:  NS 4632
Description:  NS A41 crosses the Chattahoochee River immediately after leaving the yard at Columbus, GA.
Photo Date:  4/17/2007  Upload Date: 4/20/2007 7:13:36 PM
Location:  Phenix City, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  NS 4632(GP59)
Views:  595   Comments: 1
NS 6688
Title:  NS 6688
Description:  NS train 336
Photo Date:  4/17/2007  Upload Date: 4/20/2007 7:14:47 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6688(SD60)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
CSX 5256
Title:  CSX 5256
Description:  CSX train Q612
Photo Date:  4/22/2007  Upload Date: 4/24/2007 3:10:30 PM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CSX 5256(ES44DC)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
CSX 5826
Title:  CSX 5826
Description:  A maintenance of way train spends the weekend tied down at the abandoned Langley Woodyard.
Photo Date:  4/22/2007  Upload Date: 4/24/2007 2:13:30 PM
Location:  Notasulga, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5826(B36-7)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
CYDZ 2109 and CYXX 2107
Title:  CYDZ 2109 and CYXX 2107
Description:  Conrad Yelvington rock quarry
Photo Date:  4/22/2007  Upload Date: 4/24/2007 2:10:34 PM
Location:  Calera, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CYDZ 2109(GP30M) CYXX 2107(GP30M)
Views:  1063   Comments: 0
CSX 7367
Title:  CSX 7367
Description:  CSX R601
Photo Date:  5/7/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 3:29:23 PM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7367(C40-8W)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
NS 8813
Title:  NS 8813
Description:  NS 187
Photo Date:  5/7/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 3:30:02 PM
Location:  Bleecker, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8813(C40-9)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
UP 3929
Title:  UP 3929
Description:  CSX Q144 departs Macon Siding after meeting Q611 and Q617.
Photo Date:  5/8/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 3:30:44 PM
Location:  Franklin, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  UP 3929(SD70M)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
UP 3929
Title:  UP 3929
Description:  CSX Q144
Photo Date:  5/8/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 3:31:15 PM
Location:  Notasulga, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3929(SD70M)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
UP 4995
Title:  UP 4995
Description:  NS train 187 - The community is called Gold Hill but in passenger days, the railroad named the station Gold Ridge in order to avoid confusion with Camp Hill, a few miles west of here.
Photo Date:  5/9/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 3:42:32 PM
Location:  Gold Hill, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4995(SD70M)
Views:  323   Comments: 1
CSX 7603 departs the Florida Rock quarry
Title:  CSX 7603 departs the Florida Rock quarry
Description:  This is CSX K758, and it is the first train to be documented pulling out of the Florida Rock quarry. Construction on the spur into the quarry began nearly one year ago. They are still not loading rock; trains have come from Atlanta dropping off short sets of hoppers over the last few months. This full-length train of hopper cars pulled out and headed south toward Montgomery. The train crew commented that this was the "first or second time" a train had pulled out to head south, and was not sure where the empty hoppers were ultimately headed.
Photo Date:  5/12/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 3:43:16 PM
Location:  Loachapoka, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7603(C40-8)
Views:  597   Comments: 1
siding extension
Title:  siding extension
Description:  This is the north end of the siding at Shocco. The siding is being extended by just a few car lengths. The classic searchlight signals, including a distinctive doll arm, are soon to meet their demise.
Photo Date:  6/24/2007  Upload Date: 7/9/2007 4:36:54 AM
Location:  Shocco Springs, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  246   Comments: 1
siding extension
Title:  siding extension
Description:  This will be the new south end of Shocco Siding, just west of Talladega.
Photo Date:  6/24/2007  Upload Date: 7/9/2007 4:35:33 AM
Location:  Shocco Springs, AL
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  209   Comments: 0

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