Norfolk Southern intermodal train 23N passes the signal at the east end of Decatur Siding with the Illinois Terminal heritage unit on the point!

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Norfolk Southern intermodal train 23N heads west toward Decatur Siding with the Illinois Terminal heritage unit on the point!

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Rails to nowhere. Found what was left of once busy industrial spur in Decatur, AL. As you can see in the background, trucks now carry the cargo these rails once saw.

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Another shot of the Norfolk Southern Penn Central heritage unit as it leads train 325 through Decatur, AL on a rainy, wet day!

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Southbound CSX train Q201-06 passed the Decatur HO control point before stopping at Oakworth Yard to meet a northbound train.

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After helping the crew of Q647-13 with a mechanical problem, train K809-13 gets under way from Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL with a UP leader.

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After fixing a mechanical problem with the help of the crew from K809, train Q647 gets under way from Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL with a CN leader.

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CSX trains K809-13 on the main (closest) and Q647-13 in the siding wait to head south after Q647's crew gets help with a problem from the mechanical desk.

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NS westbound 201 comes off the Tennessee River bridge in Decatur with a BNSF "GEVO" on the point.

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Westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train 201 rolls off the Tennessee River draw-bridge in Decatur with BNSF power on the point.

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My trusty Yaesu VX-170 helps us know when the trains are coming!

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Another shot of southbound auto-rack train CSX Q235 coming off the Tennessee River bridge in Decatur.

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CSX southbound auto-rack train Q235 rolls off the Tennessee River draw-bridge in Decatur past a store of NS maintenance trucks.

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Our only northbound of the day was CSX Q502. The sun was not really in the right spot for this photo but you take what you can!

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Southbound CSX train Q519 rolls through the interlocking with NS as is passes under Alabama State Road 20. Notice the railings on either side made of old rail!

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CSX Office Car Special (OSC) Passes through Decatur, AL with a pair of executive F40PH units on the point.

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CSX Office Car Special (OSC) Passes through Decatur, AL with a pair of executive F40PH units on the point.

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CSX Office Car Special (OSC) Passes through Decatur, AL. Here is the rear observation car.

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While waiting on the NS Penn Central heritage unit, we caught this north bound CSX grain train rolling through the interlocking at Decatur, AL.

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Norfolk Southern Heritage unit 1073, painted for the Penn Central, leads west-bound train 325 through Decatur, AL.

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A wider-angle shot of the NS Penn Central heritage unit as it leads train 325 through Decatur, AL.

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Friends and fellow railfans John Higginson, Allyson Praytor, Terry Lovell and Edward Lovell watch as the Penn Central unit heads west! A little rain didn't keep us away! :)

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First train of the day for 01/20/2013 is north bound CSX auto-rack train L282-19 shown here pulling in to Oakworth Yard awaiting permission to go north through the NS interlocking and over the Tennessee River.

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Southbound CSX train R208 rolls past the Morgan County Jail in the siding as L282 holds the main in Oakworth Yard.

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Another bad sun shot shows NS local train A88 with a high hood SD40-2. A88 works industries east of Decatur including the Huntsville International Airport.

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