Our last train of the weekend is southbound Q647 in Hartselle, AL. He snuck up us and there wasn't time to get on the proper side. He was really booking when he blasted through Hartselle!

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CSX light engine move X074 makes a short and sweet trip through Hanceville, AL.

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Southbound CSX train Q575 heads through Cullman, AL past the nicely restored L&N depot.

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A northbound CSX train rolls north on the double track at Middle Holmes Gap north of Cullman, AL.

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A northbound CSX grain train, G411, rolls through Hanceville, AL with a single ex-Conrail unit on the point.

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A northbound CSX coal train, T101, blasts through "downtown" Hanceville, AL on the S&NA North Subdivision. It is seen here passing the signals at the north end of Hanceville siding.

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The power for local train M788 idles in the late afternoon sun in Cullman, AL. Those old GP30s live on if only in the form of a road slug!

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CSX Herzog ballast train W081-11 rolls north through Hanceville, AL. This picture turned out grainy partly because of some settings I had wrong on my camera.

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Another late afternoon bit of railfanning finds CSX train Q592-10 rolling north through Hanceville, AL. This picture turned out grainy partly because of some settings I had wrong on my camera. :(

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A northbound CSX freight waits for near Tabernacle Road in Hartselle, AL for a meet with a south bound.

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Northbound CSX train Q688 heads on to the double track at SE (South End) Holmes Gap. The double track extends from about Lacon, AL to just north of Cullman, AL and runs over the Sand Mountain where CSX has a pusher located.

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A southbound CSX freight accelerates past South End Holmes Gap at the north side of Cullman, AL. SE Holmes Gap marks the southern end of the double track between Lacon and Cullman, AL.

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A southbound CSX freight with lease motor on the point heads past the old L&N Freight House in Hartselle, AL. The building now houses a furniture store.

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CSX train M988 works the local industries in Cullman, AL with a GP40-2/RoadMate for power.

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Listed on the Internet as an ex-SCL unit, this caboose is on display in a park on Main St. in Falkville, AL.

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CSX train Q684 rounds a curve near Culver Rd located in Falkville, AL.

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I caught these shots of a Loram ditcher while the unit was tied up in Hartselle, AL for routine maintenance on a Sunday afternoon. Here is the "train" from the rear showing the caboose and a dump hopper.

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CSX empty north bound coal train, E201-30, passes the north end of the passing siding in Hartselle, AL.

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A local freight working out of Birmingham rolls south through downtown Hanceville, AL just south of Cullman. This unit, still in Guilford gray and orange, appears to be numbered by CSX as a GP39-2.

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The CSX local freight, M788, works out of Cullman and travels north. It is seen here working in Cullman, AL.

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CSX Local M788 from Cullman to Decatur is seen here near Lacon, AL, south of Falkville. This is the site of a future pass track, that my understanding is, will be used to stage pushers to help trains over Sand Mountain between Lacon and Cullman, AL.

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Here is a work train is tied up in Cullman, AL with a GP40 still in Chessie garb.

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Northbound CSX train R684 heads past the depot in Hartselle, AL on a rainy afternoon.

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North bound CSX freight Q684 rolls through the "High/Wide" defect detector in Falkville, Al, about three miles south of Hartselle.

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North bound CSX train K820-02 rolls through Cullman, AL! Unfortunately this train caught me off guard and I was on the wrong side of the sun when I grabbed this shot.

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