AlabamaRailfan.com Photo Galleries: The Decatur Area
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Second shift CSX yard job Y201 heads through the interlocking with the NS to go up the river branch to work local industries in Decatur, AL.

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Here is a wider shot of NS train 389 as they head through the interlocking with the CSX in Decatur, AL.

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Rolling past the historic depot in Decatur, AL, we catch westbound NS train 389.

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Northbound CSX train L220 passes the old State Bonded Warehouse water tower in Decatur, AL. It is headed towards the interlocking with the NS to cross the Tennessee River.

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NS intermodal train 22N heads east through the interlocking with CSX in Decatur, AL with an ex-Union Pacific SD60 on the point.

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CSX Q684 heads north past Loram rail-grinder RG403 at CSX's Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL.

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Loram rail-grinder RG403 was in CSX's Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL on April 8, 2012.

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Loram rail-grinder RG403 was in CSX's Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL on April 8, 2012. Here is a close-up of the main power unit.

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Loram rail-grinder RG403 was in CSX's Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL on April 8, 2012. Here is a close-up of one of the grinding cars.

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CSX southbound train Q519 heads to the south end of Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL and prepares to set out/pick up cars.

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A cloudy day finds CSX northbound train Q684 splitting the signals at the Oakworth control point with an AC6000 on the point!

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NS loaded coal train 794 East to Chattanooga with SD70ACes 1057 and 1018 on the point with ES-44AC 8107 pushing heads through the interlocking with the CSX in Decatur, AL.

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NS loaded coal train 794 East to Chattanooga with SD70ACes 1057 and 1018 on the point with ES-44AC 8107 pushing heads through the interlocking with the CSX in Decatur, AL.

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CSX yard job Y103 works the interchange with the Norfolk Southern at Decatur.

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Eastbound NS intermodal train 22N blasts through the Irvington control point headed towards Madison, AL to make a set-out.

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Norfolk Southern signals at control point Decatur at sunset. Still trying to learn my DSLR!

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My first time seeing a GP15-1 in person! Not sure what it was doing in Decatur, AL at CSX's Oakworth Yard but it was running!

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My first time seeing a GP15-1 in person! Notice the equipment in the air intake section. Not sure what this is for but it seems like you can usually see through them.

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My first time seeing a GP15-1 in person! Not sure what it was doing in Decatur, AL at CSX's Oakworth Yard but it was running!

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CSX intermodal train L025 puts on quite a smoke show as the crew accelerates south past Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL.

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Southbound CSX train Q519 rolls through the NS/CSX interlocking in Decatur, AL with an ex-Conrail SD60I on the point.

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Norfolk Southern intermodal train I01 heads through the NS/CSX interlocking in Decatur, AL.

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Norfolk Southern train 201 makes it way west between Decatur and Decatur Siding. I was really on the wrong side of the train but would have gotten a lot of trees on the other side. Sometimes you gotta make do!

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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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