Fanning way back when in the Deep South usually meant dirty diesels, but not so much on Southern, and this image shows why - GP38 2819 getting a high-pressure bath at Pegram.
Southern's tuxedo color scheme looked good on a lot of models, but I always thought it worked best on high-nose GEs, like U23B 3942, seen here trying dodge the Georgia sun by squeezing under the o... (more)
CSX Geometry train W003 rolls past the 10th Street interlocking beginning its trip to Montgomery,AL as a trio of KCS Belles shove NS 24E past 'Howell' and into Norfolk Southerns Inman Yard. Atlan... (more)
Kansas City Southern's "Southern Belle" office car train departs Atlanta, GA, after an inspection trip along the "Meridian Speedway".
NS 231 goes into Inman on Thoroughfare 3 with NS 8100 on the point, making for I guess you could a nickel-plated skyline shot with the skyscrapers of Atlanta visible in the background.
NS G88 rounds the curve at Bridge with a duo of SD40's bringing a, let's just say "short," transfer train to Whitaker. Note the Central of Georgia heritage unit on the point of 153 in th... (more)
NS 153 slowly approaches the crew change point at Bridge (just behind me) with the Central of Georgia heritage unit on the point.
CSX loaded coal train N002 utilizes trackage rights over the NS through Oakland Junction making its way to the A&WP Sub.
With no wye at TDSI in Lawrenceville CSX crews are forced to run the empties long hood forward if inbound power is elephant style. No doubt this engineer is having a tough time seeing around the m... (more)
CSX loaded coal train N002-14 (Atkinson,KY - Seminole Electric, Bostwick,FL) emerges from 'the gulch' utilizing trackage rights over NS as the sun peaks out for a brief moment.
The Nickel Plate Road heritage ES44AC leads #231 through a sea of containers as they enter Inman Yard.
A colorful meet at King Plow on an otherwise grey day. NS #177 with the NS and N&W heritage units meet an empty BNSF Scherer coal train.
The Nickel Plate Road heritage ES44AC leads intermodal train #231 out of Inman Yard on their way to Austell.
A pair of KCS Belles bring 24E into Atlanta
A grungy Union Pacific SD60 leads Norfolk Southern train #322 into Atlanta from Macon rolling through the junction at 'Spring' with the old Southern Railway offices sitting dormant in the backgrou... (more)