Part of NS' revamped intermodal schedules, Atlanta-Jacksonville, FL/FEC runthrough 249 leaves downtown Atlanta with a pair of UP GEVO's.
I'm old enough to be alive during Phase II paint, but not old enough to remember it. Glad Amtrak brought back a little bit of their history.
The beginning of the Alabama Division - East End District, exactly 650 miles from Washington Union Station as measured by the Southern RR.
An early production humpbacked ET44AH curves past the crepe myrtles in downtown.
It was a scorcher and I wish I was one of the kayakers at the foot of the bridge, rather than photographing a Monopoly choochoo.
Hot times in Gainesville, GA with three trains at the depot. Left to right, intermodal 211 26 flies through town on #2, with P82 27 on #1 after returning from putting away a grain train at Baldwi... (more)
I went out for a military train, but forgot that explosives require 5 buffer cars... the YN2 painted AC4400CW with a plow to clear NYC area third rail electrification was a nice consolation for ca... (more)
The Marietta Switcher swaps cars at Kemira with a dual control stand GP38.
GNRR passes the lovely depot in Holly Springs, GA.
The clouds cooperated, alllowing my Dad & I to capture CSX's executive train returning from the Kentucky Derby. It was my first time seeing the new B&O inspired paint... and I was impressed.
Circumstances sometimes dictate that you drive into the city and wait for 2+ hours for the resident Class I railroad to figure out how to move trains.
A long manifest passes the recently installed cantilever signal at NS Taylor.
Grainer 54R has run around their train and is now using the lead track to shove it's train into Cargill's multi-track stub end yard. P82 27 light engine has pulled up on the main after putting aw... (more)
The daily Charlotte, NC-Memphis, TN/BNSF intermodal hits the double track through Gainesville.
Shades of Al Perlman in rural Georgia.
