Hartwell GP30s and GP35 at Lavonia, GA // April 1995

Athens Line's power whiles away the night at the UGA heating plant on this chilly winter night. The coal delivered will be used to heat the UGA campus for the next few months before summer takes g... (more)

Hartwell's kitbashed RF&P unit rests at the old feedmill with former DRGW 3044. The unit was damaged in an accident a few years back and has the rear end of GNRR GP35 373, which itself was wrecked... (more)

What are the chances of seeing a consist like this in 2010! 5/7th's of the Hartwell Roster is seen here in Bowersville ready to lug a very heavy hopper to Lavonia. Really only the first tw... (more)

We are not in Iowa anymore.... But it sure looks like it! CNW 4556 drags a mile of storage cars through the fields in Bowersville, GA, making for a classic CNW scene

Former Conrail GP38 sits at the Hardcash Chip Mill in Dewy Rose as the crew makes switching moves to prepare to pull a couple sets of storage cars out from the south end of the line.

Iowa, 1980? Nope, Georgia, 2010! CNW 4556 and ex-CR GP38 1973 sway through a curve on the original Hartwell Railroad. The line nowdays is used primarily for storage cars, but this week all... (more)

J-Ball! The newest addition to the Hartwell Railroads fleet teams up with two of the lines older units to form a true rainbow lashup.

The original Hartwell Railroad from Bowersville to Hartwell was a cheaply constructed line, layed with virtually no grading whatsoever, the line hugs the contours of the rolling Georgia countrysid... (more)

A Hartwell Railroad storage move makes a quick pause as they shove back to retrieve more storage cars from the south end of the line.

The smoking beast awaits at the top of the hill, awaiting the crews to allow the UGA heating plant crews to unload the coal from the hoppers before bringing its train back down the spur which runs... (more)

On a warm summer evening HRT GP10 8396, and the 6525 (just back from the dead!) lug a string of storage cars through Watkinsville as they go through the long and tedious process of sorting the car... (more)

Family Portrait The entire Athens line rosters sits in downtown Watkinsville. After several years of being out of service, B&O 6525 is back from the dead, with a new generator under the h... (more)

History on Rails! The Hartwell Railroad's Athens Branch power rests on the mainline. The GP10 heritage is obvious as well as the GP9 High Hood in the background! NOTE: The Ex. B&O Ch... (more)

The classic scene at the Hartwell, GA depot as captured in this June 1982 view.