Bogged down with 83 loaded autoracks and 7,749' of train, Q211 is making slow progress up the 0.6% grade into Emerson.
It's not often I chase the end of a train but this particular afternoon was an exception. The tail end of CSX welded rail train W020 crosses the Etowah River with 'The Spirit of the B&O' caboose b... (more)
A pair of brand new CSX GE ET44AH's pull train X541 up the grade through Emerson,GA
Southbound empty sand train W041 prepares to go into the hole at Emerson to meet Q042
CSX autorack train Q237 (Louisville,KY - Tampa,FL) charges up grade past the fields of kudzu that have engulfed the town and surrounding areas of Emerson,GA.
A southbound ethanol train, lead by an older GE widecab, is seen splitting the signals at the north end of Emerson before screeching around the super-elevated curve in downtown.
A northbound auto rack train drifts atop a kudzu-covered fill as it approaches Cartersville on the Western & Atlantic. This historic line between Atlanta and Chattanooga is owned by the state of G... (more)
Northbound empty autoracks crossing the Etowah River
Catching a pair of SD40-2's is a welcome break from all the wide cabs we see on the W&A in 2016! FURX #3029 (ex PRR SD40 built 2/66) leads A903-09 at Emerson, GA 4/9/16. The train just met W864-30... (more)
K661 heads south for Atlanta on the W&A Subdivision between Emerson and Acworth, Georgia as it passes through a section of the route known as Allatoona Pass, the line was relocated by the Army Cor... (more)
CSXT ES40DC #5219 is at the point of a W093 company material train at Emerson, GA 4/5/16.
CSXT Train Q210-04 is enroute from Cayce, SC to Louisville, KY behind Dash 8-40CW #7832 at Emerson, GA 4/5/16.
CSXT AC4400CW #26 leads train P922-29, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train, over the Etowah River at Emerson, GA on 2/29/16.
The Nashville bound freight train glides over the Etowah River on it's way North.
A Southbound ethanol train powers over the high fill after just crossing the river at Emerson.