Jeff's Railroad Pictures: Other Railroads

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Click Here Union Pacific C30-7 no. 2527 speeds past a crossing (on the NS main line) in rural Tuscaloosa county.
Click Here This is where the NS tracks cross the KCS tracks. Amtrak train no. 19, the Crescent, can be seen in the distance.
Click Here The Crescent at the crossroads, with the abandoned crossing tower on the right side of the picture.
Click Here Privately-owned car "Bonnie Brook" at the end of the Crescent.
Click Here These Hi-railers are used by NS executives touring the line. Note the Crescent in the background.
Click Here A train headed by UP C40-8w no. 9644 waits near the Hackberry Lane crossing.
Click Here A drainage ditch has been excavated out from under the old L&N line, but the rails are still there!
Click Here The Amtrak Crescent as seen from the 15th St. overpass, on 12/7/96.
Click Here Amtrak trains 19 and 20, the south- and north-bound versions of the Crescent, meet at "Tuscaloosa Siding" on 2/25/97. This is an unusual event, brought on by the fact that the two trains arrived in Tuscaloosa at about the same time. Normally 20 is 30 minutes earlier than 19.
Click Here Amtrak 19 pulls into the station, beside NS GP50 no. 7009.
Click Here An all-SP consist leads a train on the NS main line.

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