My wife and I were passing through Birmingham two weeks and decided to drop off I-20 and take a quick look at CSX (nee-L&N) Boyles Yard. We were there less than thirty minutes, but got quite a little show. We started at Boyles, heard a honk from the switcher at ABC (Alabama Byproducts Company) and rushed the three blocks to shoot it, then back to the corner of Seaboard and Cedar to shoot Alabama Tennessee and Northern SD40-s. We then hopped back into the Element and headed north up I-65. It was 20-30 minutes well-spent.
CSX Boyles Yard Sign 10-13-2012
CSX facility direction sign at entry to Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
CSX trespassing sign at entry to Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
CSX Security Sign at Seaboard Road and Cedar Roads by CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham, Alabama 10-13-2012
Seaboard Road and Cedar St crossing at CSX Boyles Yard in Birmingham 10-13-2012
CSX #2453 SD38-2 moving south from the hump in CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
CSX #2452 SD38-2 moving south from the hump in Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
CSXT #620139C X-Sealand Gunderson well car moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
CSXT #620139E X-Sealand Gunderson well car moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
CSXT #620139D X-Sealand Gunderson well car moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
CSXT #620139B X-Sealand Gunderson well car moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
AIGX #400052 4-bay hopper in coke service moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
AIGX #400080 4-bay hopper in coke service moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
CSXT #296612 4-bay coke hopper cut down from 6-bay wood chip hopper moving south into CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
CSXT #296612 4-bay coke hopper cut down from 6-bay wood chip hopper A-end moving south into CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
NYC #585032 X-CR 50' gondola in CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
TCMX #898278 X-NS 3-bay hopper converted for coke service CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
AOKX #494082 2-bay centerflow moving south into CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
TCMX #898292 X-NS 3-bay hopper converted for coke service CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham AL 10-13-2012
IFRX #867349 coke hopper X-ICG wood chip hopper moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
IFRX #4104 hopper moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
IFRX #3692 hopper moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
LW #600316 X-CSX coil car moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
PTTX #136276 flat car moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
ASHX #1320 3-bay centerflow moving south at CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
IFRX #867288 coke hopper X-ICG wood chip hopper moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
IFRX #867287 coke hopper X-ICG wood chip hopper moving south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
ABCX #1500 SW1500 X-SP shoving cars back at ABC Coke 10-13-2012
ABCX #1500 SW1500 X-SP switching ABC Coke 10-13-2012
ABCX #1500 SW1500 X-SP switching CSX coal cars at ABC Coke 10-13-2012
WAMX #4120 X-UP SD40-2 light move south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
WAMX #4120 X-UP SD40-2 light move south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
WAMX #4115 and #4120 SD40-2 drifting south through Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
WAMX #4115 X-UP SD40-2 light move south through CSX Boyles Yard Birmingham Al 10-13-2012
ABC Coke Next To CSX Boyles Yard in Birmingham in a screen grab from Google Earth.
ABC Coke in Birmingham overhead view courtesy of Google Earth.
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