Former RF&P 136 is seen on one of its last runs ever crossing the lake coming into Hartwell with a hopper for Quality Holdings.

Former Rio Grande GP35 sits out in the countryside at the Perdue Mill outside Bowersville, Georgia as the moon dips down toward the horizon.

A 30+ car empty grain train for Toccoa passes through Martin, Georgia in a light rain behind a trio of classic geeps.

Former CNW GP9 4556 and St. Lawrence & Atlantic GP40 3000 rest beneath clear skies on Toccoa's south side on a crisp night awaiting the call to duty in the morning.

While riding a train to Toccoa we lost 3000 mid trip and had to stop to start it back up. I took advantage of the opportunity for a quick photo while Eddie walked back and did his thing.

After arriving in Toccoa I hopped off the train and snagged a photo while the crew went to look at the NS yard. Former CNW GP9 4556 has just taken charge of a northbound train.

Former RF&P GP35 136 rots beneath the summer sun in downtown Lavonia, Georgia. I'm riding shotgun on EJ&E SD38 654 on a northbound train for Toccoa.

Former EJ&E SD38 654 brings a single empty centerbeam up from the lumber yard in Royston.

Looking back on a short northbound train for Toccoa as we blast by sitting engines in Bowersville amidst a cold winter rain. We're on the former St. Lawrence & Atlantic GP40 no. 3000.

A short train for Toccoa rolls alongside highway 17 north of Martin, Georgia behind former CNW 4556 and St. Lawrence & Atlantic 3000

A northbound on the Hartwell Railroad scoots along through the countryside on a dark summer day.

Former CNW GP9 4556 takes charge of a short train of loaded grain hoppers passing by the chip mill at Dewy Rose headed north to the feed mill in Bowersville.

Conrail 7874, now sporting the CSX number 1973, is part of the Hartwell Railroad locomotive roster, however, it slowly continues to rust under a gloomy sky.

Running an odd 1x2 lineup, a Northbound HRT train approaches Bowersville after leaving Dewy Rose an hour prior, Snaking through the curves of Royston GA. HRT 4556, an Ex-CNW GP9, leads the way, wi... (more)

A random encounter while driving home, I saw that the Hartwell Railroad was close to my drive home from Atlanta to North Carolina and stopped. I drove around aimlessly till I found a railroad cros... (more)