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Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Drummond Coal Company's (recently rebuilt) Bucyrus-Erie dragline "Mr. Tom" crossing over the ABS Railroad main line in Brookwood. ABS line is just behind dragline, buried in 10 plus feet of earth! All rail traffic was stopped for a 24 hour period. Final destination of the dragline will be Drummond's Shannon mine near the Jefferson-Tuscaloosa County border. It will have to cross the CSX Railroad main line two times also. |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:50:08 PM |
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Tuscaloosa, AL |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Closer shot of Bucyrus-Erie dragline after it has just walked over the ABS main line in Brookwood, Ala. |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:50:28 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Close up of Bucyrus-Erie dragline walking/rotating cam mechanism. ABS main line is to the left about 200 yards. |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:50:47 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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A nice tribute by Drummond Coal Company, and rebuilding contractors, to our Nation, State, and POWs...! |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:51:04 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Another close up of dragline walking. I was told it moves at about 8 feet per rotation (per minute). |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:51:52 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Close up of giant foot and rotating cam. The crew member is constantly greasing the giant cam. |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:52:14 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Sothern Railroad |
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Massive CAT generator trucks providing power to the B&E dragline via a travelling umbilical cable on the ground. |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:52:31 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Having now crossed the ABS Railroad main line (blocking all trains), the Drummond Company's dragline begins to walk up the huge earth ramp in preparation to cross Ala Hwy 216. |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:52:50 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Drummond Coal Company's B&E dragline has successfully crossed the buried ABS Railroad in Brookwood (to the left about 300 yards), and will now proceed to its final location at Shannon Mine near Yolande, Ala. It will have to cross the CSX railroad two times along the way! |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:53:09 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Massive dragline bucket and CAT loader that tows the generator power cables as the dragline walks. |
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12/6/2012 Upload Date: 12/6/2012 5:53:37 PM |
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Brookwood, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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An unusual sight. All CN powered train parked south of Tuscaloosa on the old dead-end GM&O line to Montgomery, now operated by WATCO (ABS Railroad). The orientation of this train suggestes it came in from KCS Artesia, Mississippi. |
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9/19/2020 Upload Date: 9/20/2020 3:28:38 PM |
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Tuscaloosa, AL |
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Rick D |
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CN 2320(ES44DC) CN 5737(SD75I) CN 8886(SD70M-2) |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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All CN power on the Alabama Southern Railroad, parked south of Tuscaloosa on the old GM&O line. |
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9/19/2020 Upload Date: 9/20/2020 3:29:00 PM |
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Tuscaloosa, AL |
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Rick D |
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CN 2320(ES44DC) CN 5737(SD75I) CN 8886(SD70M-2) |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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East end of new oil train siding at the Boone Blvd crossing, looking toward Northport, Ala. |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:50:41 PM |
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Northport, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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New oil train sidings at the Energy Ln crossing, facing west toward Coker, Alabama. Two oil trains visible |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:51:04 PM |
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Northport, AL |
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Rick D |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Western end of oil train sidings in distance. View facing east, toward Northport, Alabama from Bill George Rd. crossing. |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:51:22 PM |
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Coker, AL |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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I went out exploring today, in search of the new Alabama Southern oil train siding between Northport and Coker, Alabama. Sure enough, just as our friend Chris Martin described, I found it! Two new tracks as shown on this diagram. Photos to follow. |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:49:35 PM |
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Northport, AL |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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Just as our friend Chris Martin promissed, west bound ABS train with CN power, passing the Northport, Ala. Depot, heading toward Artesia, Mississippi. |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:51:48 PM |
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Northport, AL |
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Rick D |
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CN 8886(SD70M-2) CN 5737(SD75I) CN 2320(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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West bound ABS train passing the new oil train sidings between Northport and Coker, Alabama |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:52:19 PM |
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Northport, AL |
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Rick D |
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CN 8886(SD70M-2) CN 5737(SD75I) CN 2320(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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West bound ABS train passing stored oil train between Northport and Coker, Alabama. |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:52:41 PM |
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Northport, AL |
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Rick D |
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CN 8886(SD70M-2) CN 5737(SD75I) CN 2320(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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After leaving the west bound Artesia train in Coker, Alabama, I returned to Northport to see a CSX interchange train pulled over the Black Warrior River, and backing into the ABS Yard. |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:53:13 PM |
| Location: |
Northport, AL |
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Rick D |
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CSX 5288(ES44DC) WAMX 4119(SD40-2) WAMX 4118(SD40-2) CSX 5338(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Alabama Southern Railroad |
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ABS - CSX interchange train pulled over the Black Warrior River bridge, just behind the west bound CN powered Artesia train. |
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9/22/2020 Upload Date: 9/22/2020 8:53:30 PM |
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Northport, AL |
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Rick D |
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CSX 5288(ES44DC) WAMX 4119(SD40-2) WAMX 4118(SD40-2) |
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