GNRR GP9R 4631 which is painted for the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway stands ready with GP38s 9708, 9706 and GP10 7562. The power has just been assembled and will be ready for the next days south boun... (more)
Georgia Northeastern shoves 4 coil steel loads to Pacesetter Steel Service, which has begun receiving large amounts of sheet metal by rail after a long hiatus. The 4631 is an ex-Grand Trunk Weste... (more)
A GNRR southbound crests a hill on the Hook & Eye, which was briefly the L&N's Knoxville to Atlanta mainline.
With 5 motors and a respectable 26 cars, the Friday 'cleanup' train rolls through downtown Woodstock, taking everything south to interchange with CSX before Christmas.
Running over some uneven rail, the Georgia Northeastern Marietta Switcher delivers 7 loads of coil steel to Metal Coaters. Glad to see that traffic seems to be picking up.
The southbound morning run to Elizabeth has added tonnage and passes by the truss factory (out of sight to photo-right) in Holly Springs, GA.
A GNRR southbound freight comes into the terminating point of Elizabeth beside CSX's busy W&A main. Kyle Yunker
GNRR 4125 leads the Tate turn through the sag and tight curve on the homestretch to the yard in Elizabeth. The train is passing over the bridge over Interstate 75.
The GNRR Tate turn heads through the Marble plant at Nelson. This unique scene has not changed much since L&N days
GNRR 8705 backs into the overgrown siding at Gober to pick up a couple of grain cars to take south.
GNRR's Tate turn rumbles through some rural countryside between Gober and Canton with a pair of first gen geeps in charge.
GNRR's Tate turn squeezes through the Canton Textile Mills plant as it head south towards Elizabeth. The lead unit is a former SP GP20 that has been deturboed.
The southbound freight of the day makes itself known. Kyle Yunker
The GNRR sits quiet as the 8704 sits at the shops adjacent to a car full of marble, arguably the lines biggest moneymaker.
A pair or Georgia Northeastern locomotives (GP10 & high hood GP9) spend this Sunday resting on a siding near the Holly Springs Depot.