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Viewing Album:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
 
By:William H. Davis Jr.
Dates:1/20/2013 - 1/20/2013
Album Info:The Birmingham Terminal Railway's fire breathing dragon logo is a perfect representation of the industrial & energy sectors that are served by the Alabama Railroad. Formerly known as the Birmingham Southern Railroad, the 75.9 mile line provides service to more than 30 Customers in Birmingham. The Railroad has the district advantage of access to barge traffic via Port Birmingham Terminal which is located on the Black Warrior River. The Black Warrior River is part of the Tenn-Tom Waterway which empties out into the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile, Al. & provides the BHRR with the ability to ship commodities to & from all parts of the world. The Birmingham Terminal Railway ( BHRR ) connects to 3 Class 1 Railroads, BNSF, CSX, & NS. In addition to providing freight service the Railroad boasts a mechanical & locomotive shop located in Fairfield, Al.
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Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Empty Coal Train BH-1 Coal Job departing BNSFS East Thomas Yard with an empty coal train to be loaded & sent back to BNSF, BNSF runs the train back north loaded as U-BIREOL to a power plant in Eola, Illinois ( Birmingham, Al. to Eola, Illinois )
Photo Date:  1/20/2013  Upload Date: 1/20/2013 8:41:38 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NREX 7937(SD40-2) WAMX 4116(SD40-2) NREX 7213(SD40-2)
Views:  642   Comments: 17
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Empty Coal Train BH-1 Coal Job passing through Ensley, Al. with a nice colorful trio of SD40-2's for power. This train comes in on BNSF as U-EOLBIR ( Eola, Illinois to Birmingham, Al. ) as an empty coal train & gets loaded on the BHRR former BSRR & gets sent back north loaded to a power plant in Eola, Illinois
Photo Date:  1/20/2013  Upload Date: 1/20/2013 8:23:32 PM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NREX 7937(SD40-2) WAMX 4116(SD40-2) NREX 7213(SD40-2)
Views:  502   Comments: 6
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Empty Coal Train BH-1 Coal Job passing through Ensley, Al. with a nice colorful trio of SD40-2's for power. This train runs on BNSF as U-EOLBIR ( Eola, Illinois to Birmingham, Al. ) as an empty coal train that gets loaded on the BHRR former BSRR & gets sent back north loaded to a power plant in Eola, Illinois
Photo Date:  1/20/2013  Upload Date: 1/20/2013 8:02:11 PM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NREX 7937(SD40-2) WAMX 4116(SD40-2) NREX 7213(SD40-2)
Views:  653   Comments: 6
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Empty Coal Train BH-1 Coal Job departing BNSFS East Thomas Yard with an empty coal train to be loaded & sent back to BNSF, BNSF runs the train back north as U-BIREOL ( Birmingham, Al. to Eola, Illinois )
Photo Date:  1/20/2013  Upload Date: 1/21/2013 6:42:12 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NREX 7937(SD40-2) WAMX 4116(SD40-2) NREX 7213(SD40-2)
Views:  679   Comments: 10
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Taconite Train BH-1 General passing through Ensley, Al. on their way to Flint Ridge to make a delivery to U.S. Steel
Photo Date:  3/13/2013  Upload Date: 3/13/2013 10:40:54 PM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BHRR 700(GP38-2) BS 711(GP35E) BHRR 701(GP38-2)
Views:  1339   Comments: 11
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Yard Job heading to work industries in Fairfield, Al.
Photo Date:  3/13/2013  Upload Date: 3/13/2013 10:55:31 PM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BS 225(SW1001)
Views:  551   Comments: 12
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Southbound BH-1 General passing through East Thomas, Al. on their way to BNSFs East Thomas Yard to interchange a taconite train which BHRR will take to Flint Ridge for delivery to U.S. Steel
Photo Date:  4/1/2013  Upload Date: 4/1/2013 6:09:00 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2211(GP38-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 6
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Job BH-1 General coming down the hill from Flint Ridge heading back to their yard in Ensley, Al. with taconite empties that will eventually be delivered to BNSF at East Thomas Yard
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/24/2013 9:22:02 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BHRR 701(GP38-2)
Views:  671   Comments: 4
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Job BH-1 Port power secured at Tin Mill Road in Fairfield, Al. waiting on a fresh crew, my thanks goes out to Chris Martin for the heads up on this, even though it's just light power, hopefully in the near future I'll be able to catch these on a train
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/24/2013 10:38:33 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  GMTX 2209(GP38-2) GMTX 2231(GP38-2) GMTX 2211(GP38-2)
Views:  571   Comments: 8
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Job BH-1 Port power secured at Tin Mill Road in Fairfield, Al. waiting on a fresh crew, my thanks goes out to Chris Martin for the heads up on this, even though it's just light power, hopefully in the near future I'll be able to catch these on a train
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/24/2013 4:06:18 PM
Location:  Fairfield, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  GMTX 2209(GP38-2) GMTX 2231(GP38-2) GMTX 2211(GP38-2)
Views:  487   Comments: 4
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Local Freight Trawn BH-1 General passing through Pratt City, Al. on their way back to Ensley, Al. after interchanging with BNSF at East Thomas Yard, these blue & white GMTX GP38-2s are my favorite locomotives that BHRR have on their roster at this time, quite sharp looking
Photo Date:  5/9/2013  Upload Date: 5/9/2013 9:37:29 PM
Location:  Pratt City, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2209(GP38-2)
Views:  792   Comments: 4
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Local Freight Train BH-1 General passing through 19th Street in Ensley, Al.
Photo Date:  6/13/2013  Upload Date: 6/15/2013 12:00:47 AM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2209(GP38-2)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Taconite Train BH-1 General smokes it up as the engineer gives his 3 SD40-2's more throttle after having just departed East Thomas Yard after BNSF interchanged a U-KEEBIR Taconite Train to BHRR at East Thomas Yard, the BHRR comes over from Ensley, Al. to bring empties when needed, but sometimes runs light engines if BNSF doesnt need anything from BHRR, the Taconite is brought to Flint Ridge by BHRR for U.S. Steel, at one time this business was handled by Birmingham Southern Railroad which was bought out by WATCO last year
Photo Date:  7/27/2013  Upload Date: 7/27/2013 8:44:50 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4195(SD40-2) WAMX 4194(SD40-2) WAMX 4193(SD40-2)
Views:  1073   Comments: 12
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Empty Coal Train BH-1 Coal Job stopped at Pratt City, Al. waiting on BNSF to run a few trains before proceeding on to Ensley, Al. BNSF interchanged this empty coal train U-EOLBIR to BHRR at East Thomas Yard, the U-EOLBIR comes from Eola, Illinois empty to BHRR where they load the train & send it back north to a power plant in Eola, Illinois
Photo Date:  9/8/2013  Upload Date: 9/8/2013 4:00:10 PM
Location:  Pratt City, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BHRR 3873(GP38-2)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR BH-1 Coal Job running light engines to East Thomas Yard to pick up an empty coal train from BNSF which ran on BNSF as a U-EOLBIR & gets loaded on BHRR then sent back to Eola, Illinois to a power plant there
Photo Date:  9/8/2013  Upload Date: 9/9/2013 9:54:10 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2211(GP38-2)
Views:  388   Comments: 2
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR BH-1 General passing through East Thomas, Al. on their way to interchange with BNSF
Photo Date:  9/28/2013  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 10:31:57 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4195(SD40-2) WAMX 4194(SD40-2) WAMX 4193(SD40-2)
Views:  626   Comments: 0
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Taconite Train BH-1 General rumbles through East Thomas, Al. on their way to Flint Ridge for delivery to U.S. Steel. A BNSF U-KEEBIR came into East Thomas Yard for the BH-1 General to retrieve & take to Flint Ridge for U.S. Steel
Photo Date:  6/19/2014  Upload Date: 6/22/2014 7:52:27 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4194(SD40-2) WAMX 4195(SD40-2) WAMX 4193(SD40-2)
Views:  455   Comments: 4
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Taconite Train BH-1 General rumbles through East Thomas, Al. on their way to Flint Ridge for delivery to U.S. Steel, BNSF delivers the taconite to BHRR at East Thomas Yard where BHRR comes with interchange, usually taconite empties & sometimes general freight for BNSF, the BHRR retrieves taconite loads that go to U.S. Steel. BNSF runs these taconite trains as U-KEEBIR & U-SEMBIR, sometimes an empty coal train gets delivered as a U-EOLBIR & gets loaded at Ensley or Birmingport & gets sent back north to Eola, Illinois loaded with coal, its an unusual move where coal goes north loaded, but usually runs south loaded & north empty
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/30/2014 10:28:27 AM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4193(SD40-2) WAMX 4195(SD40-2) WAMX 4194(SD40-2)
Views:  593   Comments: 7
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Taconite Train BH-1 General passing through Pratt City, Al. with an interesting mix of power in charge on their way to Flint Ridge for delivery to U.S. Steel this consist is among the most variety & largest consist Ive caught on the BHRR/ former BSRR
Photo Date:  7/24/2014  Upload Date: 7/31/2014 8:03:30 PM
Location:  Pratt City, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2211(GP38-2)
Views:  497   Comments: 2
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Freight Train BH-1 General rumbles through East Thomas, Al. on their way back to Ensley, Al. with interchange from BNSF
Photo Date:  8/14/2014  Upload Date: 8/15/2014 6:33:07 AM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BHRR 3874(GP38-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 3
Birmingham Terminal Railway
Title:  Birmingham Terminal Railway
Description:  BHRR Northbound Taconite Train BH-1 General passing through Avenue W in Pratt City, Al. with WAMX Former EMDX GP38-2 3881 leading a Former Cedar Rapids & Iowa City GP38-2 2 Former Birmingham Southern Railroad GP38-2s, the Former Cedar Rapids & Iowa City GP38-2 is rebuilt from a GP35 to GP38-2 specifications
Photo Date:  11/21/2014  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 7:38:05 PM
Location:  Pratt City, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 3881(GP38-2) BHRR 3873(GP38-2) BHRR 3875(GP38-2)
Views:  861   Comments: 2

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