My good friend and possibly future RP contributer, Kaici Smith, gets her shots of a Hartwell Railroad local passing the old Southern Railway depot in Lavonia. The mix between northern and southern... (more)

On it's southbound trek from Toccoa, this Hartwell Railroad local heads through the outer limits of Martin, Ga. It is seen here passing the Newman Collins Cemetery.

The trailing unit, HRT 3000, is blowing some serious smoke as the train throttles up in downtown Martin, Ga. The leader is a former Penn Central GP38, built in 1971.

A southbound Hartwell Railroad train crosses highway 123 as it heads south through Toccoa, Ga, headed for Bowersville, Ga.

Harrisburg Line? Nope, this isn't rural Pennsylvania, not even in the north! This is the heart of Georgia! But this old Conrail geep looks right at home in the quiet farmland of Avalon, Geo... (more)

A Bowersville bound HRT local throttles up as it pulls into Eastanollee, Georgia with an Ex Conrail GP38 on point.

Former CSXT 1973, still wearing it's Conrail colors (and with a little Penn Central paint showing through), leads a southbound off the Toccoa Wye. This photo marks the beginning of a chase to Bowe... (more)

Two of the Hartwell Railroad's Geeps take a rest on the wye just south of Toccoa. The Hartwell has an interesting fleet of locomotives, with all of them still bearing their previous owner's paint ... (more)

Former Bessemer & Lake Erie SD7 454, now owned by Hartwell Railroad, sits at it's permanent testing grounds in the tiny, quaint town of Airline, Georgia right after sunset on a bitterly cold Decem... (more)

Hartwell Railroad's Lavonia - Tocca, GA local passes a dilapidated building alongside GA highway 17.

Exxx Penn Central, exx Conrail, ex CSX GP38, now HRT 1973 sits at the Toccoa Wye with HRT 3000, a former St Lawrence & Atlantic GP40-2.

An old crossing sign stands below a million stars and the Milky Way's galactic bands in Bowersville, Ga on a cool, comfortable night for shooting. The Milky Way can be seen to the right of the cro... (more)

Doesn't look too bad to have been taken with a broken lens...

It seems as if the shots you don't plan are the ones that turn out the best. I was on my way to go shoot an Ex BN unit in Gainesville, and as I made my way into Georgia I kept thinking to myself "... (more)

Wait what year is it again (copyright Tj M. Murrah)