HRT 3044, ex-Rio Grande, sits next to the rear of a southbound Hartwell train. HRT 4556, ex-CNW, brings up the rear of the southbound train, posing for a photo before heading on southbound.

After a long trip, the crew finally ties down their train in Dewy Rose GA, putting an end to their long day out on the rails, and putting an end to our 3 hour long chase.

Hartwell Railroad crew rides light through Lavonia, Georgia before tying down for the day. HRT 1973 is a straight GP38 built for Penn Central in 1971 as PC 7874.

I shot this old four axle high hood locomotive back in 2005 in Lavonia, Georgia. The heritage of the unit seemed pretty evident to me, former Chicago & Northwestern #4556, an EMD GP9. An online so... (more)

This Hartwell Railroad train is made up of three paint schemes of railroads that did not exist in 2005 when this was taken -- the Chicago & Northwestern, the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac and... (more)

A former Denver & Rio Grande Western GP35 pulls a train over a rural crossing just outside Lavonia, Georgia. You could not tell from tis photograph, but the train is very close to the busy Interst... (more)

A former Denver & Rio Grande Western GP35 pulls a train through Lavonia, Georgia for current owner Hartwell Railroad in 2008. Here it passes the old Southern Railway which has since been repainted... (more)

On the way down to Atlanta, I felt like it would only be right to stop in Lavonia on the way, to see what they had over in the sheds. Not too my surprise, the Ex-CNW, HRT 4556, was the only one in... (more)

The sun begins to set over the horizon, as this B&O rail veteran stays in place, as it will tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that. Every day, until it's fixed, or scrapped.

Battered and Stattered. HRT 136 has battle scars all over it. It's missing a number board, missing a ditch light, one of it's windows is shattered, one of it's rear pannels is flipped upside down,... (more)

HRT 654, still wearing it's bright orange paint, sits in a siding in Bowersville, waiting for the new week to start so it can be put back to work.

HRT 136, a veteran from the RF&P railway, is seen sitting in Bowersville waiting for it's next assignment. This engine has seen some better days... It's missing a number board, missing a ditch lig... (more)

HRT 6525, a rail veteran for the B&O railroad, remains stationary beneath overgrown trees behind a pottery shop, in very rough shape.

As the sun sets behind the horizon, HRT 4556, (Ex. CNW) sits at the shops in Lavonia Georgia, patiently awaiting it's next assignment

A little something for fans of just about anything transportation in this one. The Hartwell Railroad is just filled with relics of all sorts. Many of the railroad's locomotives are in full color... (more)