Backwoods Museum A relic from the Hartwell's time as a excursion railroad. Up till the 1980's the Hartwell operated steam excursions from Hartwell to Bowersville. Most of the equipment incl... (more)
Rusted orange Hartwell 454 is a rare bird, one of the few surviving SD7's and the only one in Georgia. Unfortunatly this former B&LE unit is now out of service, and sits landlocked at the r... (more)
After finishing switching out storage cars, Athens Line's pair of units heads back north towards Athens, only to return for some reason a few minutes later to pick up the long string of cars and t... (more)
Time travel A almost untouched IC GP10 rumbles over the College Avenue bridge which still sports the Central of Georgia logo decades after the railroad was merged. Since then the line has p... (more)
Tight Squeeze The sound of 567's fill the air as these veteran EMD's shove four cars up the steep inclined spur to the UGA heating plant which runs on the front lawn of one of the Universit... (more)
Athens Line power rests at Paradise Valley on a nice summer evening.
After bringing back a long string of 5 pack TTX flats from storage in Watkinsville, the Athens Line power rests in the perfect evening light at Paradise Valley.
Every engineers worst nightmare. Thankfully we were shoving in reverse when this photo was taken and to the bus drivers credit, he made a complete stop at the crossing before proceeding.
Hartwell 44-ton #2 leading its train through Bowersville, GA in 1982.
Hartwell 44-ton #2 leading a short train west of Airline, GA in 1982.
Hartwell 3021 (former DRGW unit) working at Lavonia.
Ambling down the track we run into our first obstacle, a pine tree that has fallen across the tracks. Without a working chain saw and the promise of bigger obstacles the crew decided to do the swi... (more)
Ex. DRG&W now Hartwell GP30's 3016 and 3021 lead woodchip cars through Lavonia Georgia.
After finishing switching Hartwell 8396 sits tied up at the UGA heating plant where it will finish switching on Monday.
After finishing the switching for the day, Hartwell 8396 is shut down at the powerplant where it will finish its work on Monday.
