AlabamaRailfan.com Photo Galleries: The Decatur Area
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LLX Rail, Inc., located in Decatur, AL, seems to handle switching and barge loading of steel from the newly built Trico Steel plant in the Mallard Fox Industrial Park.

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Fellow railfans waiting on a train!

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Everyone scrambles to photograph and video tape south bound CSX train Q129!

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Here is another shot of all the people mingling and visiting between trains!

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Hootenanny attendees size up the photo/video opportunities as NS train Q34 passes by!

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Bring out a box of model trains and videos for sale and watch the railfans gather! That is exactly what one Hootenanny attendee did and it seemed to work!

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There was a lull in the action, so I decided to grab this shot of the forming Hootenanny!

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The Unknown Railfan! Okay, okay, this is not really the unknown railfan, but Bobby Payne of TrainJunkie.com fame cutting up a little in between trains! Be sure to check his site out!

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Q124 heads past the adoring railfans!

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A crowd gathers to photograph and video tape an NS yard job as it comes off the river branch in Decatur.

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We scrambled to cover our cameras and camcorders as Mother Nature delivered us a very brief summer rain shower. As quick as we got stuff covered up, it was over!

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South bound CSX intermodal train Q129 slides into the siding to meet a north bound train at Harris on the north side of the Tennessee River from Decatur, AL.

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