The afternoon job caught switching duties at Marietta this afternoon, with a matched set of Patriot Rail motors seen crossing over US-41 returning to the yard.

After the second warmest February on record, Spring came early in Georgia with Bartlett Pear & Red Bud out in full force.

Black diamonds used to be the majority of the tonnage on the W&A Subdivision, now it's the exception rather than the norm.

The Marietta Switcher works the tank car unloading rack at Kemira Chemicals Inc.

The grades are mostly short, but steep on the old L&N Hook and Eye. However, at 10mph a short, steep grade still gives trains a workout.

GNRR's Tate-Elizabeth road local blows out sand as it drags 15/8 general freight up one of the many short but steep hills, passing a tie crane that has been part of ongoing line maintenance.

X925 rolls south through Marietta with Kennesaw Mountain in the background

Georgia Northeastern 4125 is on the point of a short freight train in in early Spring 2005. She is an EMD GP20 built as Southern Pacific 7207. She appears to have been renumbered a few times under... (more)

I went out for a military train, but forgot that explosives require 5 buffer cars... the YN2 painted AC4400CW with a plow to clear NYC area third rail electrification was a nice consolation for ca... (more)

The Marietta Switcher swaps cars at Kemira with a dual control stand GP38.

The clouds cooperated, alllowing my Dad & I to capture CSX's executive train returning from the Kentucky Derby. It was my first time seeing the new B&O inspired paint... and I was impressed.

A United Alloy Corp special, handling specially extruded aluminum bound for Auburn, WA to be used in Boeing jet airplanes.

The new Walbridge, OH-Baldwin, FL rack train has doubled his train of 67 loaded autoracks, after picking up 88 wells of international stacks at the Appalachian Regional Port in Crandall, GA.

It's all downhill from here... a faded YN2 painted AC44 leads Q583 over the last grade before descending the next 20 miles into Atlanta.

Three horsies, horsing around and three motors with a lot of horsies inside.