Eastern Railroad Discussion > 75˚ In Birmingham Alabama

Had some beautiful weather yesterday while down in Birmingham, and even though the gems of the day came after darkness, there were still some nice daylight catches! Definitely recommend B'ham as a great place to railfan... Caught 10 Railroads and 37 trains in about 14 hours the previous day...

1. CSX Q102-18 Heads NB crossing over the Southern at 13th Street with a massive train and GEs pulling

2. A NB NS Manifest with BNSF and NS trailing an RS3L equipped Dash 8 made for a nice catch

3. NS 141 waits for his signal at 27th Street with a clean KCS SD70ACe leader



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/18 19:24 by RiverLineProductions.

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4. NS 23E with a KCS trio rolls under 21st street around 1pm

5. An Outbound NS Manifest with CN power rolls under 22nd street

6. Golden hour begins as CSX V915 rolls North with birds eating the left over grain atop the hoppers

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Birmingham is on my bucket list for 2018. These pics just ran it up the list. Thanks for posting.
Will you be posting any other photos from your trip to the area? Will be looking for them.
Thanks again.

Phil Maton
Villa Rica, GA

Between 27th St. (Used to be called the Puzzle Switches) and 13/14th St. it appears that there are three former Southern tracks on the NS:
the south track occupied by the rail train and two tracks to the north. Last time I was in B'ham (many years ago) I remember only the two SOU and two L&N main tracks between these limits - when was a track added?
Thanks!
Andy

Thanks for the pics. It looks like an interesting area to watch trains.