A not so common coal drag power assortment made up of three AC six motor units and a GP40-2 Mother-Road Mate set take charge of 83 coal loads enroute Hamlet, NC.

Southbound on the branch. This combination corn train for the Wayne Farm and Mar-Jac Feed Mills in Maysville, GA hits the bottom of the grade from Lula.

Atlanta, Ga-Greenwood,SC manifest handles Fowler Junction set off cars for the Gainesville Midland sub and Athens proper plus a handfull for its destination at Maxwell Yard.

The Rockwood turn backs into their power into the shop to end the day.

Heading west the Rockwood turn crosses marshy springs that make up Fall Creek while passing through the Crab Orchard Mountains.

The 4021 & 4023 head up the Rockwood turn long hood forward with empties for the mine at Crab Orchard, TN.

Passing over the Oconee river and Hartwell RR crossing at grade enroute Atlanta.

A colorful lashup including the Southern painted 4610 prepares to take a train of empties to Atlanta.

Georgia power plant Scherer coal drag.

Nashville, TN-Hamlet, NC manifest heads south with an all leaser lashup.

Newly acquired from the Gulf and Ohio railnet. This unit is getting a few repairs from Johnson Railway Service before it's ready for work on the Athens branch.

On this warm Autumn day Q580 waits at the base of Lookout Mountain for it's turn into Wauhatchie yard.

Fall colors are beginning to show in northeast Georgia as this Atlanta bound manifest scoots by.

Many broken knuckles scatter the right of way ahead as four of the five headend units are in run 8 tackling the 3.01 percent part of Talmo Hill with the maximum allowable tonnage of fifty loaded c... (more)

These two units get ready to pick up a train of empty grain hoppers from Fieldale Farms feed mill.