The new Walbridge, OH-Baldwin, FL rack train has doubled his train of 67 loaded autoracks, after picking up 88 wells of international stacks at the Appalachian Regional Port in Crandall, GA.

It's all downhill from here... a faded YN2 painted AC44 leads Q583 over the last grade before descending the next 20 miles into Atlanta.

Three horsies, horsing around and three motors with a lot of horsies inside.

Another batch of extruded aluminum airplane parts is headed for Boeing's all the way in Washington.

9 loads/5 empties have 3,800 HP wide open to maintain 10mph... even grades on the far south end of the ex-L&N Hook & Eye are steep.

A CSX Southbound pass by the Marietta Confederate Cemetery on the trip from Cincinnati to Waycross.

The new Pilgrim's Pride feedmill in Fairmount, GA was already receiving test shipments, so I knew any unit train on the Georgia Northeastern could be the last. I ventured out in gloomy weather to... (more)

CSX SD50-3 #8526 leads Waycross,GA bound freight Q541 on a clear spring morning.

After dropping off at Foundation Building Materials, the Marietta Job backs down the steep grade to Capitol Materials to drop off two center beams.

CSX X581 heads south through Marietta.

Sunday grain empties return south on a mostly overcast morning

Anthony grabs a couple notches of the throttle as they begin up the hill with a heavy train of marble products from the mines around Tate.

The rest of the GNRR's power handling the southbound road freight and necessitated splitting up 30 loads of corn interchanged from CSX. Here the first 15 loads cross over very light COVID-19 rus... (more)

Ex-PRSL displays its extended cab to house the dual control stands, as Job 103 sands the rails climbing one of the many grades.

5+ years after Patriot Rail purchased the line, a trio of GNRR painted stallions was enough to get me out of the house. The 8705 has since been moved up to the Blue Ridge Scenic passenger side of... (more)