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Viewing Album:  Birmingham area railfanning: 03/09/19-03/10/19.
 
By:Michael Appleby
Dates:3/9/2019 - 3/10/2019
Album Info:Railfanning the Birmingham, AL area with class 1's and short line action. CSX, NS, BNSF, Birmingham terminal, Fairfield Southern, Alabama Southern. I meant to get Alabama warrior but ran out of time.
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CSX empty coal staged to leave.
Title:  CSX empty coal staged to leave.
Description:  A CSX empty coal is staged to leave Bessemer before long. This is returning from a mine not far from here.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 10:55:35 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  119   Comments: 1
CSX empty coal at Bessemer.
Title:  CSX empty coal at Bessemer.
Description:  CSXT 885 and 3470
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 10:57:42 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  128   Comments: 1
Small CSX yard at Bessemer.
Title:  Small CSX yard at Bessemer.
Description:  mixed freight yard for local traffic next to lowes in Bessemer, AL. A CSX SD40-3 is staged with cars with a solo GEVO next to it.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:00:33 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
NS 62Q at Bessemer.
Title:  NS 62Q at Bessemer.
Description:  Getting ready to back up to their train with NS 9700 leading LHF, 62Qs power just passed below the abandoned ACL main over the Southern (NS).
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:07:02 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
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Views:  117   Comments: 1
NS stack headed south.
Title:  NS stack headed south.
Description:  Possibly a 23D headed south towards Tuscaloosa and Meridian.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:12:02 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
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Views:  107   Comments: 1
Bessemer, AL depot.
Title:  Bessemer, AL depot.
Description:  Awesome depot along the current NS main. Chattanooga: 154.3 miles, Meridian: 141.1 miles.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:17:54 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
Southern Railway "Containerized freight".
Title:  Southern Railway "Containerized freight".
Description:  Nice find in Bessemer.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:24:04 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
NS Bessemer, AL depot.
Title:  NS Bessemer, AL depot.
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:25:30 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Station
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
Scrap yard alco!
Title:  Scrap yard alco!
Description:  Seen this gem on google maps and wanted to see it... very nice!
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:27:37 PM
Location:  Bessemer, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  143   Comments: 1
Fairfield Southern 722 and another unit.
Title:  Fairfield Southern 722 and another unit.
Description:  Some switchers at United States Steel (USS) in Fairfield, AL.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:34:23 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
Birmingham Terminal shops.
Title:  Birmingham Terminal shops.
Description:  WAMX 7025 and two other locomotives behind it. 7025 spent some time on Mississippi Southern for a long time. I drove in and never left my car for this photo.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:36:35 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
Gate with stop sign.
Title:  Gate with stop sign.
Description:  Outside the confines of the USS facilities in Birmingham, protects track with a small yard behind me.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:38:27 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Track
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
Fairfield Southern motors working.
Title:  Fairfield Southern motors working.
Description:  Just by luck we got Fairfield southern working in Birmingham. This industrial railroad services US Steels maze of complexes in Birmingham.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:20:34 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
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Views:  159   Comments: 1
Another photo of Fairfield Southern working.
Title:  Another photo of Fairfield Southern working.
Description:  About to shove some more cars into the plant, we would continue on the trip around Birmingham before headed homeward later that day.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:23:24 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
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Views:  93   Comments: 1
CSX Grain train in Birmingham.
Title:  CSX Grain train in Birmingham.
Description:  Coming into Boyles yard, a CSX grain train comes in ready to change crews and prepare to go south??
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:32:44 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
A CSX SD50-3 leads a local north.
Title:  A CSX SD50-3 leads a local north.
Description:  A local prepares to depart CSXs Boyles yard in north Birmingham, AL.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:35:19 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
CSXT 8024
Title:  CSXT 8024
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:38:52 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,Action
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Another photo of the NS Norris yard job working.
Title:  Another photo of the NS Norris yard job working.
Description:  Working the south end of Norris yard on a lengthy cut of cars.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:28:08 PM
Location:  Irondale, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
NS northbound at Tuscaloosa.
Title:  NS northbound at Tuscaloosa.
Description:  An accidental move caused this train to be "blocked in" by a cut of cars in front of it... well, sort of. Waiting on another train, this short local could fit between the crossover behind them and the road without blocking traffic. Next to it, assigned power to a local in Tuscaloosa sits awaiting its next move.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:41:36 PM
Location:  Tuscaloosa, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  69   Comments: 0
Sitting in Watcos ABS yard.
Title:  Sitting in Watcos ABS yard.
Description:  At the ABS yard in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Crimson tide unit 3851 sits paired with WAMX 5004 idling at their yard.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:44:22 PM
Location:  Tuscaloosa, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
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Views:  82   Comments: 0
Alabama Southern units rest easy.
Title:  Alabama Southern units rest easy.
Description:  ABS motors sit easy awaiting their next assignment.
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 4/1/2019 10:46:34 PM
Location:  Tuscaloosa, AL
Author:  Michael Appleby
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  53   Comments: 0

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