The "Black Friday" edition of CCH's Mahrt Turn rolls down 9th Street, departing Columbus, GA, for the WestRock paper mill in Cottonton, AL, with 4 locos and 67 cars. This is usually a nocturnal op... (more)

As it sits idling with a vibrant blue hour sky starting to fade overhead, the lead unit for tonight’s Marht Turn waits for the nocturnal run south on chilly December evening.

Merry Christmas
To help get others in the Holiday Spirit, a colorful Christmas Wreath has been placed on the front of CCH locomotives in hopes of spreading some holiday cheer.

A pair of butt-heads pose in front of the silos of Tom's Toasted Peanuts as they wait for trip south to the paper mill later that eve... (more)

The CCH 3349 sits quietly on one of the locomotive yard tracks near the CCH's mobile office as it waits for its crew to arrive and bring it to life in a little over an hour.

Standing out against the green scenery along the waterway, the bright orange locomotives of the Columbus and Chattahoochee cross their namesake river as the daily train prepares to leave the city ... (more)

With the conductor safely onboard, the lite power making up the night time running Mahrt Turn heads for the NS Columbus yard... (more)

As the nocturnal Mahrt Turn waits for the dispatcher to give them a track warrant south to the mill, this very friendly crew parks the train on the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee River and allo... (more)

The LRWN 1504 looks nice against the blue hour sky as it sits in the CCH yard after having returned from the mill where it was taken ... (more)

Blast Off
With an nocturnal schedule ahead of them due to MoW work, the nightly Mahrt Turn departs their yard and heads over to NS for a pickup of tonight's train. Photo taken wit... (more)

With no track warrant coming their way anytime soon and a blessing from the friendly crew for a photo to be taken, the opportunity presents itself to illuminate the nighttime running Mahrt Turn as... (more)

The power for tonight's Mahrt Turn sits quietly in their yard under the blue hour sky as they await the on duty start time of 19:00 for their crew to bring them back to life for another journey so... (more)

A recent addition to the Columbus and Chattahoochee line up is a caboose still in the Bay Line colors and lettering which may soon serve as a shoving platform for this relatively new railroad oper... (more)

The Mahrt Turn eases down 9th St and across Broadway on the way to the paper mill.

With the timing just right and the clouds finally breaking, today's Mahrt Turn comes up the hill near Holy Trinity in full sun light. The heads up conductor noticed this and was nice enough to cl... (more)