Building a Train. The CSX local pulls forward as part of building its train before heading to the interchange with the Georgia Woodlands in Bennett, GA.

Building a Train. The CSX local pulls forward as it builds a train near Camak before heading to interchange with the Georgia Woodlands near Barnett.

No More Coaling. The local is building its train to head to the interchange with the Georgia Woodlands in Barnett. The coaling tower in the background makes a nice backdrop.

CSX A757 has just arrived from Augusta, and pulled their train on to the Camak Subdivision which I admit is the first time I’ve seen a train on this stretch. They’re going to make their set of... (more)

A coal train destined for Plant Harlee Branch near Milledgeville waits for a crew as the coach at the rear of the mixed train from Macon disappears in the distance.

After taking forever to finally leave Augusta due to NS holding them up, Q197 finally gets about 47 miles outside of Augusta as it passes the former Georgia Railroad coaling tower in Camak. Leadin... (more)

The Georgia Railroad's Macon Branch, which split off from the Atlanta-Augusta mainline at Camak, had been losing traffic for years, at least until Georgia Power's Plant Harlee Branch came online i... (more)

Mixed train 31 - the withered remains of Georgia Railroad's once healthy general freight business to Macon - sits beside the new source of vitality for the branch. The unit trains of Kentucky coa... (more)

Martin Marietta Aggregates U23B 3935 at Camak GA. Unit is of NS?SOU heritage and still retains its original number.

L&N U30Cs are at the head of a loaded Harlee Branch coal train on the connection from the mainline, but they wait as the mixed train to Macon departs first. Couple maybe interesting sidenotes: T... (more)

The Georgia Railroad mixed train from Macon rolls past a loaded coal train waiting for a crew. The coal - powered by a three-builder U30C/C628/SD40 set - is destined for Georgia Power's Plant Harl... (more)

CSX stack train Q198 (Atlanta,GA - Savannah,GA) speeds east past a coaling tower from the Georgia Railroad days.

A former Conrail SD60I sits unassigned in Camak on a pleasant fall weekend. A coaling tower, one of two along the former Georgia Railroad route, stands as a reminder of the bygone steam era along ... (more)

That SCL GP40 in the power set is a sign that Family Lines is becoming an operational reality.

The mixed train to Macon (there's a coach tacked on the rear of the freight cars) heads out of Camak yard. It will be followed by the coal train headed for Georgia Power's Plant Harlee near Mille... (more)