G&W's newest operation will begin working an ex NS line between Columbus, GA, and Mahrt, AL. Operations begin July 1, 2012, using Columbus and Chattahoochee SD40-2's 3348 and 3349, Chattooga and C... (more)
Already on the Ft Benning reservation, the return leg of the six-days-a-week Richland-Columbus turn is dropping down the hill just north of Sand Hill siding where military trains are loaded and un... (more)
EMDX 2012 made an appearance in Columbus, seen here behind the old Central of Georgia passenger depot, with the Columbus Tower off to the right.
An NS freight is headed down the former CofG toward Albany and on to Florida. The track in the foreground is the old SAL. It was spun-off by CSX to Georgia Southwestern, but GSWR eventually moved ... (more)
The "Hill Engine" rolls south towards the yard with a relief crew. Much has changed in the 30 or more years since my Dad took a shot in this same location: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.... (more)
It's all-GP at Southern's Columbus yard in Spring 1975, but in a few years GE C-Cs will bump the dwindling number of geeps to support roles, and the turntable and 1922 coaling tower will disappear... (more)
Long Hood Forward With their switching nearly done, today’s AC90 uses a veteran from the Southern stables in that of NS 3294. Built for the Southern in 1978, not much other than the pai... (more)
three different jobs with leasers, AC03, AC01, and 137
336 glides into Columbus over the 'Hooch, as viewed from the river bed.
A little "fall color" on an extra Columbus yard job
336 crosses the 'Hooch from Alabama into Georgia with 6 engines, the rear three being Progress Rail "Cats" in tow towards Macon. Photo copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation.
