GNRR's Friday Southbound road freight rolls through The Mill on Etowah. Originally the "Canton Cotton Mill" that produced denim fabric, the redeveloped buildings feature a shopping mall... (more)
Georgia Northeastern grain empties return south to Marietta passing some nice fall colors at the Cobb/Cherokee County line.
GNRR Job 102 is passing Talking Rock Brewery, which is located inside the restored passenger cars. There is a 0.01% chance you'll see a train while they're open, but they have good beer and are g... (more)
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 Georgia Northeastern unit sits outside of Quality Rail in Madison Illinois.
Retaining it's horizonal nose headlight through both a Morrison-Knudsen rebuild and more recent de-turboing, for SSW 7653 is no stranger to the mountains. However, it likely never operated over t... (more)
5,800 horses drag 12 loads of marble chips up one of the many grades on the Hook & Eye, passing two horses on a lovely farm.
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)
Job 102 is bringing the first cut of 27 empty CSX covered hoppers back from the Pilgrim's Pride feed mill in Holly Springs. I didn't know it at the time, but this would be the last unit train of ... (more)
After dropping off at Foundation Building Materials, the Marietta Job backs down the steep grade to Capitol Materials to drop off two center beams.
Sunday grain empties return south on a mostly overcast morning
The Tate - Marietta southbound rolls through Woodstock
CEFX GP39-2 #421 is tied down on the short siding at Holly Springs as engineer Kenny brings a loaded grain train up the steep ruling grade on their way to Pilgrims Pride.
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.
Georgia Northeastern Railroads Tate - Marietta train rolls south through Holly Springs,GA with GP38's #2000 & #9706 bracketing GP18 #8705.