Atlanta to Montgomery train M527 runs over NS trackage rights leaving town. CSX rights between Atlanta & East Point derive from previous A&WP/CofG joint trackage.
Elkhart-Macon manifest 143 snakes uphill through Dallas, GA. NS was still running big trains even after changes to the rules, with this 143 running 2x125x2x72... just under 200 cars total
G88 pulls a long cut of intermodal transferring to Inman Yard in downtown Atlanta In the background are new, taller diesel-electric hybrid cranes which are being phased in across the network to r... (more)
My Dad thought the sign was hilarious, I was just glad to have something different from GE widecabs leading as 154 16 passes a tied down 156 16. I'd not noticed how the headlights & paint affect ... (more)
The afternoon job caught switching duties at Marietta this afternoon, with a matched set of Patriot Rail motors seen crossing over US-41 returning to the yard.
I've always enjoyed long hood forward GE's. NS' Mercedes-Benz trains are a good candidate and today was no exception.
An extra intermodal with steamship boxes bound for Georgia Port Authorities' Garden City terminal rounds a curve into Atlanta.
Lots of people were out for a C40-8W leading... my Father wanted a shot at Tunnel Hill so I agreed to drive up for the afternoon.
An extra train of Mercedes-Benz vehicles heads to Brunswick, GA for export. It's one of the few trains that doesn't wye power until Atlanta... the Alabama Division crews at least to tolerate runn... (more)
I don't recall the first Warbonnet I saw, but I'll never get tired of them and will miss them once they're gone. Something that doesn't happen often anymore, a system grainer from Montpelier, IN ... (more)
Train 346 has averaged around 5mph since departing New Orleans' Oliver Yard on the 24th. But it made for a perfect morning run into Atlanta.
A trainload of brand new ribbon rail from Lima, OH/CFE heads south to Waycross, GA with a pair of once common SD40's.
A long Kansas City, MO-East Point, GA IM/rack train with a pair of DPU's in the middle crosses the Etowah River in Rome, GA.
After the second warmest February on record, Spring came early in Georgia with Bartlett Pear & Red Bud out in full force.
Blast from the past leading a quarter mile of Steel Dynamics Columbia City, IN ribbon rail.