AlabamaRailfan.com Photo Galleries: CSX Transportation
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The first train I caught while railfanning with friend and fellow railfan Ray Stansell was this single loco running as CSX X093.

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While railfanning with friend and fellow railfan Ray Stansell, we watch southbound CSX coal train T108 as it rolls over the Tennessee River drawbridge in Decatur. I snapped this a half a second too late and let the loco slip behind the white post track-side.

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CSX yard job Y103 pokes it's nose around the sharp curve at River Jct as it pulls a cut of cars from the small yard that NS and CSX use to interchange cars.

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Looking up at the CSX road slug paired with a GP40-2 as the power for Y103.

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Kind of interesting wide shot of the lead unit on CSX yard job Y103. They are interchanging blocks of cars with the Norfolk Southern.

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Our last shot of CSX interchange job Y103 as the crew shoves hard on their cut of cars as they head back to Oakworth Yard in Decatur.

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An ex-Conrail GE widecab leads Q684 through the NS interlocking in Decatur past the depot and our vehicles. We are pretty sure the engineer turned the red markers on for us as they rolled by. Thanks to the nice crew! :)

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Friend and fellow railfan Ray Stansell sizes up the photo opportunity as Q684 rolls past. Check out Ray's photos in the Visitor's Photo Section!

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This might have been a good shot but it ended up with too much clutter in the foreground. Sometimes you get the shot, sometimes you don't! :)

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CSX northbound Q502 rolls on to the Norfolk Southern interlocking in Decatur with a trio of widecab GEs.

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The daylight is fading as we watch S688-25 roll through the interlocking at Decatur. The GEVOs are becoming a common sight nowadays.

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Here is a close up of CSX 7531 C40-8 that looks like it might have had an engine fire.

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Nice weathering job on this standard cab GE pulling up the rear on S688.

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Our last train for Saturday was second shift CSX yard job Y201. They are using the same power as transfer job Y103 did earlier in the day.

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Our last train of the weekend is southbound Q647 in Hartselle, AL. He snuck up us and there wasn't time to get on the proper side. He was really booking when he blasted through Hartselle!

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CSX light engine move X074 makes a short and sweet trip through Hanceville, AL.

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Southbound CSX train Q575 heads through Cullman, AL past the nicely restored L&N depot.

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A CSX intermodal train with Union Pacific power on the point blasts by the NE Macon on the A&WP Subdivision between Montomery and Opelika, AL.

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A northbound CSX train rolls north on the double track at Middle Holmes Gap north of Cullman, AL.

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A northbound CSX grain train, G411, rolls through Hanceville, AL with a single ex-Conrail unit on the point.

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A northbound CSX train, Q580, rolls over the undulating grades on the CSX Chattanooga Sub. This is in Stevenson, AL.

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CSX ballast train W099 rolls though Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL with these old ex-SCL ballast cars!

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Moving ballast to repair lines along the gulf coast during hurricane season 2008, CSX train W099 rolls though Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL.

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A northbound CSX coal train, T101, blasts through "downtown" Hanceville, AL on the S&NA North Subdivision. It is seen here passing the signals at the north end of Hanceville siding.

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Our first photo of the day was CSX train Q127 near Midway between Stevenson and Widows Creek. The crew had their train stopped behind another southbound train waiting to enter Widows Creek yard.

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