G491 reverses down the hill at SG 509 to pickup the conductor from Pilgrims Pride after picking up loads to head south. This is my 100th shot on RP, makes me wonder how much time I have wasted dea... (more)
CSX Q614 roars up the hill from Fowler Junction, passing under the Chase Street overpass and over the switch to the Chase Park spur.
CSX 5961 heads back to the mainline after spotting the Ortners at La Farge.
CSX Y111 eases a cut of Ortners back through the chase park industrial complex to the La Farge concrete plant. The warehouse today serve as art gallerys, studios and shops, none requiring rail ser... (more)
Clear for 13 cars fifty nine, seventy four... The engineer notches up CSX's ugly duckling as it shoves local Y111 back to Fowler Junction past the old L.M. Leathers building at Pulaski St.
Former NS B40-8, CSX 5974 pulls four covered hoppers out of the Athens yard to add the last one to the train.
Former NS B40-8, CSX 5974 accelerates away from the Athens depot spewing out black smoke on its way to East Athens with train Y111.
A former NS "Tar Baby" B40-8 rolls past the north end of Fowler on its way back from the depot. The unit was one of the few NS ex-Conrail B40-8's that were repainted before being sold to CSX in la... (more)
Ambling down the track we run into our first obstacle, a pine tree that has fallen across the tracks. Without a working chain saw and the promise of bigger obstacles the crew decided to do the swi... (more)
A CSX southbound rumbles through the snow, which is still holding on a day after the storm.
CSX 5961 ruins a Christmas card perfect scene as it spews black carbon into the air, but for me it made the already incredible scene all the better!
Snow? In Georgia? In March? Believe it or not CSX Q667 is rolling through a snow covered Athens on this sunny day after the storm.
The power from Q662 pulls to the Junction switch after finishing their switching to couple back onto their train passing the north end signals and the old factory.
After finishing switching Hartwell 8396 sits tied up at the UGA heating plant where it will finish switching on Monday.
After finishing the switching for the day, Hartwell 8396 is shut down at the powerplant where it will finish its work on Monday.