CSX 7317, an ex-Conrail unit, is shown here on the point of north bound train Q684-12 getting ready to leave CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL.

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CSX intermodal train Q121 rolls on Norfolk Southern trackage through the interlocking in Decatur, AL.

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Loram's railgrinder number RG301 was recently in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL. The unit stayed there for about 4 or 5 days while the employees performed maintenance on the grinder.

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Here is the caboose on Loram's railgrinder number RG301, which was recently in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL.

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Loram's railgrinder number RG301 is seen here in CSX's Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL while it stayed there for about 4 or 5 days for the employees to performed maintenance on the grinder.

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Norfolk Southern local train AD01 works the riverside industries located on a branch line in Decatur, AL.

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Norfolk Southern local train AD01 works the riverside industries located on a branch line in Decatur, AL.

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Norfolk Southern train 365 rolls through the defect detector at milepost 358.5 east of Decatur, AL.

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NS intermodal train 202 rolls through the interlocking in Decatur, AL.

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An NS local freight heads east through the interlocking in Decatur, AL.

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An NS yard jobs works a cut of cars at the NS Decatur yard in Decatur, AL.

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After waiting for CSX Q129 head south, NS local A80 now gets a approach signal at the interlocking in Decatur and heads east. The ex-Conrail "U-boat" puts on a good show as the train accelerates out of Decatur!

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It's crew having apparently gone "on the law", the power from a Norfolk Southern yard job is seen here in the industrial park located along the Tennessee River.

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An NS local freight heads east through the interlocking in Decatur, AL.

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Once considered T80, this NS local is now referred to as A80 since the Tennessee Division line from Memphis to Chattanooga is now considered part of the Alabama Division. The train is shown here rolling into the interlocking junction at Decatur, AL.

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The NS yard job that went out on the river banch ahead of of CSX Q647, now heads back through the interlocking and to the NS Decatur yard.

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I have always thought it would be neat to live in one of these condominiums near the riverside industrial branch in Decatur, AL. Here the NS Decatur Yard Engine rolls it's train through the derail that protects the main line at River Jct.

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CSX took elderly EMD GP35s and GP30s and converted them to Road Slugs, which retained the cab controls so that crews can operate from the slug's cab when paired with a "mother" GP40-2.

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CSX coal train T109 with an AC4400 on the point heads north into Oakworth yard in Decatur, AL.

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A north bound CSX intermodal freight with a B36-7 on the point prepares to cross the Tennessee River bridge in Decatur, AL.

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North bound CSX auto rack train Q214 heads through the NS interlocking at Decatur, AL with a single C40-8W on the point.

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North bound CSX Q592 heads through the interlocking in Decatur, AL during the Spring 2001 Railfan Hootenanny!

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CSX train Intermodal train Q120 heads north through Decatur, AL during the Spring 2001 Railfan Hootenanny!

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A CSX grain train heads north past the passing siding at Harris, just north of Decatur, AL.

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Before moving control of the NS interlocking in Decatur to one of NS's dispatchers, this was considered L&N Junction.

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