NS train 737 rolls off the bridge over the Tennessee River on its way towards the Powder River Basin for another train-full of coal!

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The DPU pusher on the end of NS train 737 prepares to duck under the highway 20 overpass on the way west.

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Another shot of Q575's leading power, CSX 1, The Spirit of West Virginia.

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Last shot of Q575's leading power, CSX 1, The Spirit of West Virginia.

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CSX train Q575 retrieves a cut of cars from Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL. Leading power is CSX 1, The Spirit of West Virginia.

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First shift Norfolk Southern yard job AD01 heads west through the interlocking in Decatur to head back to NS's Decatur Yard. The yard job has a CEFX leaser on the point.

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This Morrison Knudsen cowl unit (ex-ATSF) helps on a west bound Norfolk Southern freight. This shot was taken in Decatur, AL.

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It was Christmas day, 1998, when I grabbed this shot of HLCX GP40 4000 in a tied down north bound train in Decatur, AL. The engine looks like it may have been an ex-SBD unit.

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Electro Motive Leasing GP40 196 is seen here tied up with a CSX geep awaiting the next yard work in Decatur, AL.

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This was my first time to catch one of the FURX leased engines on the point of a through freight in Decatur, AL! What a classy looking paint job!

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Having apparently been set out by a train during the night, this GECX lease unit is shown here in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, Alabama.

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This orange HATX GP40, which looks like it may be from CSX MofW lineage, rolls north in the consist of CSX S684-15 at the north end of CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL.

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This Helm Leasing C30-7 is in the consist of south bound CSX intermodal train Q127 at Decatur, AL.

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CSX yard job Y150 heads towards the CSX/NS interlocking in Decatur, AL to deliver interchange cars to the NS.

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Norfolk Southern intermodal train 201 heads through Decatur, AL with Union Pacific power on the point.

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Our last train of the day while railfanning July 4, 2007, was this north bound CSX grain train G507. Seen here on NS trackage crossing the Tennessee River with the setting sun as a backdrop!

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Southbound CSX train Q647 heads through Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL.

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CSX yard job Y103 delivers a cut of interchange cars to the Norfolk Southern. The small yard near the NS/CSX interlocking in Decatur is often used for interchange traffic.

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CSX yard job Y101 head back towards Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL. The Farmer's Market near 2nd Steet can be a good place to catch CSX trains between Oakworth and the interlocking with the Norfolk Southern.

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Southbound CSX coal train T105 blasts past the north end of Harris siding on an overcast day. The north end of the siding is easily visible from Harris Station Road near Decatur, AL.

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NS local train A81 heads west through the interlocking in Decatur. From the looks of the strobes and extra antennas on the cab, this unit may be set up for remote control operation.

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A Norfolk Southern yard job with an ex-Southern SD40-2 high-hood rolls through the interlocking in Decatur, AL. These units are starting to get rare so grab those pictures while you can!

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A Norfolk Southern yard job, AD01, works the riverside industries in Decatur, AL with a pair of ex-Conrail SD50s units.

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CSX yard job Y150 holds the siding near the interlocking with the NS in Decatur. A northbound Q578 scoots by on the main line and heads through the interlocking past the Y150.

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Norfolk Southern westbound empty coal train, 741, heads past the station in Decatur on its trip back to the Powder River Basin to pick up more coal for the Scherer power plant near Atlanta, GA.

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