AlabamaRailfan.com Photo Galleries: Norfolk Southern
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Norfolk Southern local train T88 heads east towards Sheffield, AL yard on the double track at Avalon.

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Here is a Norfolk Southern local backing into the International Paper plant in Courtland, AL.

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Norfolk Southern local train T81backs into the International Paper plant in Courtland, AL.

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Here is some idle NS power in the NS Attala yard, just outside Gadsden, AL.

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I have always thought it would be neat to live in one of these condominiums near the riverside industrial branch in Decatur, AL. Here the NS Decatur Yard Engine rolls it's train through the derail that protects the main line at River Jct.

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International Paper in Courland, AL leases power from Norfolk Southern. Here is an ex-Conrail GP15 and fellow geep working a cut of cars at the paper plant.

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NS local freight A81 rolls west past the Spring 2001 Railfan Hootenanny.

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Norfolk Southern train 22T heads through Irvington (just across the Tennessee river from Decatur, AL) with an elderly looking ex-Conrail C40-8W on the point.

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An east bound Norfolk Southern freight heads through the interlocking in Decatur, AL.

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NS empty westbound coal train 739 passes the historic depot and museum in downtown Huntsville, AL. See the Museums & Displays page for more info on the Huntsville Depot Museum.

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Loaded east bound Norfolk Southern coal train Q34 heads through Decatur, AL.

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Norfolk Southern train 391 heads west at Norala near Muscle Shoals, AL, which lies at the west end of a wye that connects to the line to Birmingham, AL.

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A west bound NS train rolls off the Tennessee river bridge in Decatur, AL led by a Southern Pacific unit.

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An east bound NS intermodal train is led through Decatur, AL by a Southern Pacific tunnel motor.

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In the middle of an NS unit coal train, we find one of the Southern's remote control cars, with an NS C40-9W and a BNSF SD40-2 providing mid-train power through Huntsville, AL.

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An east bound Norfolk Southern freight eases past the east end of Decatur siding in Decatur, AL.

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After stopping for a red signal, NS train 462 eases past the east end of Elko siding in Huntsville, AL after receiving clearance from the dispatcher.

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One of the new NS wide cab DASH-9s leads a west bound coal train past the Bridgeport, AL depot. A retired Family Lines caboose is visible in this shot.

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An east bound Norfolk Southern coal train heads through Irvington (just across the Tennessee river from Decatur, AL).

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Norfolk Southern local train T80 follows 202 and heads east into the interlocking junction at Decatur, AL.

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West bound NS freight W65 rumbles through downtown Madison, AL at track speed on a late summer afternoon.

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A west bound Norfolk Southern freight heads through the interlocking in Decatur, AL.

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After waiting for CSX Q129 head south, NS local A80 now gets a approach signal at the interlocking in Decatur and heads east. The ex-Conrail "U-boat" puts on a good show as the train accelerates out of Decatur!

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An NS yard jobs heads back towards Decatur yard from the river side branch.

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NS train 163 splits the signals at the east end of Huntsville siding in this early morning shot from Huntsville, AL.

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