Northbound half-mile rail train 913 has made great time up the district out of Armour Yard in Atlanta and is seen here sliding down the mountain in downtown Toccoa.

NS 204 stops at the Toccoa Amtrak station to meet Amtrak 19 on National Train Day. This would unfortunately be the only sunlight of the day, though train traffic was quite good, making up for the ... (more)

NS 204 slowly rolls up to the Toccoa Amtrak station to hold for a meet with Amtrak 19, the southbound Crescent, which is at the end of the double track about 5 miles to the north. Northbounds don'... (more)

NS 213 makes a grand appearance into Toccoa, GA as it takes on the 18 mile grade uphill towards Cornelia, GA before heading back down the mountain. This train made some great time today as it took... (more)

An early 213 was hot news today for everyone along the Piedmont Division. At 7:30am, the train was in Manassas, the connection point from the B-Line of the Virginia Division from Front Royal. The ... (more)

NS 213 makes a grand appearance into Toccoa, GA as it takes on the 18 mile grade uphill towards Cornelia, GA before heading back down the mountain. This train made some great time today as it took... (more)

Engineer Tim sends a wave to a couple of fans waiting for his empty rail train at Wells Viaduct, where the Piedmont mainline crosses over the North Fork of the Broad River. The veteran high hood E... (more)

Emtpy rail train 912 glides across the 1919-built bridge over the North Fork of the Broad River with a former Southern GP38-2 leading the way towards Atlanta. Seeing high hood units lead trains on... (more)

NS 912 makes its way South towards Atlanta, GA with my buddy Tim at the controls as it crosses the Wells Viaduct just West of Toccoa, GA. The Southern tuxedo logo is just barely visible, but it's ... (more)

Takes almost 4 hours for this train to get from Greenville, SC to Toccoa, GA. With a 25MPH speed restriction due to the generators he is carrying. He would go to Gainesville, GA to swap crews, the... (more)

NS 203 crosses over the Tugalo River and into Georgia from South Carolina on a beautiful and pleasant winter morning. Three Kansas City Southern AC motors are providing enough power to get the tra... (more)

The Autumn Leaves Special excursion ran from Atlanta to Toccoa, Georgia, a distance of about 100 miles each way. The power for this trip was C&O K4 class 2-8-4 2716, built by Lima Locomotive Works... (more)

NS 211 coming over the Wells Viaduct just South of Toccoa, GA.

NS 212 crossing into South Carolina at Lake Hartwell.

After a long hike I made it to the trestle for a different shot I have never done before. 153 slowly struggles as it climbs the hill. NS 290 would soon come over the bridge at the same time witch ... (more)