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Viewing Album:  Railroading 2007
 
By:William Martin
Dates:1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007
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XXX-rated unit waits its turn to head north
Title:  XXX-rated unit waits its turn to head north
Description:  eX-SOU, eX-NS, eX-Pinebelt Southern will borrow CSX main to head north to chip mill.
Photo Date:  12/1/1996  Upload Date: 1/21/2007 11:39:00 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  NS 3986(B23-7)
Views:  1092   Comments: 0
NS 3986 when she was with Pinebelt Southern
Title:  NS 3986 when she was with Pinebelt Southern
Description:  Ten years ago this month a former SOU B23 was already in twilight as the PBRR would soon cease ops.
Photo Date:  1/1/1997  Upload Date: 1/21/2007 10:16:05 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  NS 3986(B23-7)
Views:  1138   Comments: 4
NS 3986 haulin chips to the NS main
Title:  NS 3986 haulin chips to the NS main
Description:  Pinebelt Southern workhorse on transfer track
Photo Date:  11/1/1998  Upload Date: 1/21/2007 11:39:25 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  NS 3986(B23-7)
Views:  1045   Comments: 5
New ROW progressing
Title:  New ROW progressing
Description:  Section of NS double main takes shape in extreme North .Ga
Photo Date:  1/2/2007  Upload Date: 1/2/2007 6:52:50 PM
Location:  Howardville, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  378   Comments: 0
NE of new double main will be here before too long!
Title:  NE of new double main will be here before too long!
Description:  Still a little (?) work to do at Howardville Road xing, where grading for new dbl main (at left) proceeds.
Photo Date:  1/2/2007  Upload Date: 1/2/2007 6:53:16 PM
Location:  Howardville, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  392   Comments: 0
New bridge awaits double main
Title:  New bridge awaits double main
Description:  A major hurdle is completed at the Ga/Tenn state line east of Chattanooga.
Photo Date:  1/2/2007  Upload Date: 1/2/2007 6:53:26 PM
Location:  Howardville, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  365   Comments: 0
Tie drop at Berwin MP75H
Title:  Tie drop at Berwin MP75H
Description:  Preparation for T&S project. Note: tie cars pulled by highrail TRUCK not loco!
Photo Date:  1/4/2007  Upload Date: 1/4/2007 7:22:23 PM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  437   Comments: 2
Hot tracks
Title:  Hot tracks
Description:  Forest ranger keeps an eye out as flames approach the old Southern Mobile Branch during forest fire.
Photo Date:  1/12/2007  Upload Date: 1/12/2007 5:29:33 PM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  611   Comments: 0
Coal drag in the swamp
Title:  Coal drag in the swamp
Description:  Florida-bound CSX coal trqain passes turnout signal as it approaches town.
Photo Date:  2/1/2007  Upload Date: 2/1/2007 9:44:44 PM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  CSX 16(AC44CW)
Views:  955   Comments: 2
Switching at Milepost #1
Title:  Switching at Milepost #1
Description:  Ga. Central U-boat placing cars near ex-Seaboard Yard (now GC)
Photo Date:  7/5/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 5:04:43 PM
Location:  Macon, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  GC 1004(U23B)
Views:  634   Comments: 0
Rail Link switcher in Macon
Title:  Rail Link switcher in Macon
Description:  SW1200 sits in Ga. Central Yard. Looks to be in storage as exhaust stacks are bagged/taped.
Photo Date:  7/5/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 5:04:56 PM
Location:  Macon, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  RLIX 202(SW1200)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
Boxcar headed to scrapper
Title:  Boxcar headed to scrapper
Description:  Switcher waits at lower left as old boxcar is carried to its end.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/5/2007 9:26:13 PM
Location:  Albertville, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  957   Comments: 2
Progress Rail Svcs in action
Title:  Progress Rail Svcs in action
Description:  Old SW1500 #1300 works yard in Alabama. Note sideways exhaust stacks!
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/5/2007 9:25:32 PM
Location:  Albertville, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRSX 1300(SW1200)
Views:  792   Comments: 0
Hundreds of wheelsets await refurbishing
Title:  Hundreds of wheelsets await refurbishing
Description:  Wheelsets at Progress Rail are only thing not scrapped, but rehabbed and placed on new rolling stock.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/5/2007 9:24:31 PM
Location:  Albertville, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  589   Comments: 0
ex-CGA rails get cleared out
Title:  ex-CGA rails get cleared out
Description:  Prison work gang clears trees from CGA line abandoned 25 years ago. Line to be reopened soon.
Photo Date:  8/21/2007  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 10:06:09 PM
Location:  Lyerly, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  912   Comments: 0
Hill blasted next to NS rails
Title:  Hill blasted next to NS rails
Description:  Explosives demolish rocks before relocation of K-Line, seen covered at extreme lower left.
Photo Date:  8/22/2007  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 10:05:31 PM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  579   Comments: 0
Blast debris along NS K-Line
Title:  Blast debris along NS K-Line
Description:  Rubble lies near K-Line (covered by protective wooden panels). New track will run 10 feet to right of currrent line.
Photo Date:  8/22/2007  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 10:06:48 PM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  516   Comments: 0
New overpass goes up on the NS on ex-COG line.
Title:  New overpass goes up on the NS on ex-COG line.
Description:  Workers raise one of two new spans over US27 in Rome. New bridge on K line to be higher than old one.
Photo Date:  8/30/2007  Upload Date: 8/31/2007 12:33:23 AM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  464   Comments: 0
CSX over the river and through the woods
Title:  CSX over the river and through the woods
Description:  CSX Q647 heads south across the Mulberry Fork of the Warrior River north of Birmingham.
Photo Date:  10/3/2007  Upload Date: 10/3/2007 7:37:26 PM
Location:  Garden City, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  433   Comments: 0
The Great Pumpkin
Title:  The Great Pumpkin
Description:  NS hopper train 737 blows past the signals at Brock.
Photo Date:  11/25/2007  Upload Date: 11/25/2007 10:15:18 PM
Location:  Gurley, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  451   Comments: 0
Last blast of fall
Title:  Last blast of fall
Description:  Late fall colors compliment pumpkins as they race through Alabama countryside.
Photo Date:  11/25/2007  Upload Date: 11/25/2007 10:15:30 PM
Location:  Madison, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  400   Comments: 0
Confederate markers deep in Dixie
Title:  Confederate markers deep in Dixie
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2007  Upload Date: 11/25/2007 10:15:39 PM
Location:  Wheeler, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  417   Comments: 0
Getting a grip in things
Title:  Getting a grip in things
Description:  NS brakeman lines manual switch for opposing train.
Photo Date:  11/25/2007  Upload Date: 11/25/2007 10:15:51 PM
Location:  Wheeler, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  454   Comments: 2
Intermodals meet stacks.
Title:  Intermodals meet stacks.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2007  Upload Date: 11/25/2007 10:16:08 PM
Location:  Wheeler, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  395   Comments: 0
Ringling Bros Train
Title:  Ringling Bros Train
Description:  Circus cars sit next to old Southern depot in downtown. Circus opens Thursday in Huntsville
Photo Date:  11/28/2007  Upload Date: 11/28/2007 12:53:19 PM
Location:  Huntsville, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  438   Comments: 0
More circus cars
Title:  More circus cars
Description:  Cut of RBBX cars at Huntsville depot/yard.
Photo Date:  11/28/2007  Upload Date: 11/28/2007 12:53:27 PM
Location:  Huntsville, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  372   Comments: 0
RBBX circus train
Title:  RBBX circus train
Description:  RBBX cars sit idle at depot.
Photo Date:  11/28/2007  Upload Date: 11/28/2007 9:12:05 PM
Location:  Huntsville, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  464   Comments: 0
RBBX train at dusk
Title:  RBBX train at dusk
Description:  Sun sets on Ringling Bros train
Photo Date:  11/28/2007  Upload Date: 11/28/2007 9:12:15 PM
Location:  Huntsville, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  447   Comments: 0
New rails going in
Title:  New rails going in
Description:  Crews cut a section of new rail before installing it in the siding at MP84 (Lindale). Part of massive upgrading project.
Photo Date:  12/12/2007  Upload Date: 12/13/2007 12:35:53 AM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Views:  478   Comments: 0
"Katy" hits town in the middle of the night.
Title:  "Katy" hits town in the middle of the night.
Description:  UP heritage paint slipping through the siding at Fox MP78H.
Photo Date:  12/30/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 3:42:30 AM
Location:  Rome, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  UP 1988(SD70ACe)
Views:  685   Comments: 4

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