NS 912 takes an approach indication from the Southern cantilever at Midland. A lot has changed in the last decade: high hoods are no longer commonalities here, the chicken industry in Gainesville ... (more)

CSX road/local power for the hilly and curvy Gainesville Midland Subdivision sits in the small yard on the Gainesville (north) end. The Gainesville Mill and NS interchange are down the steep grade... (more)

NS P13 gets ready to build its train as the engines sit in the Sinclair siding in front of the Gainesville, GA Amtrak Station. The Penn Central heritage unit was the first one to actually be on ou... (more)

A local set sits idles with a very neat engine. Former property of the CNO&TP NS#7048 is awaiting its next assignment as the sunset shines on the consist.

The snow is now falling very heavily, nearly obstructing the view of NS 237, which is led by BNSF SD75I 8296 in warbonnet paint. The unit was picked up in Columbia, SC overnight, and it is now ass... (more)

Is Canada taking over North Georgia? All jokes aside, an entirely unsuspected Canadian National cowl body Dash 8 leads Charlotte to Atlanta intermodal 221 through an odd second snowstorm of the se... (more)

An eventful day of hosting a National Train Day celebration closes with a few night shots in Gainesville. A standard cab Dash 9 sits in front of the historic former Southern Railway depot after a ... (more)

After making their way to Linwood on train 11R, a visiting pair of former BN Executive SD70MACs leading Birmingham-bound manifest 153 race down track one at Red Lane as they enter Gainesville's no... (more)

NS 153 rushing on Track#1 approaching New Holland yard just North of Gainesville, GA

NS 203 leans into a 6-inch superelevated curve at the north end of Gainesville, having just crossed over to track 2 at Red Lane. Three KCS engines are on the point of this day's Harrisburg-Atlanta... (more)

Christmas day allows plenty of roster shots at Gainesville.

P45 has finished switching out Cargill, and it's about to pull its previously-retrieved empties off of the mainline and onto the Sinclair Track. These cars will go to Atlanta and Chattanooga tonig... (more)

A time-warn warrior takes a much-deserved rest during the Christmas holidays. Sitting in the tank track along with two other SD40-2s, the 6171's N&W heritage is accompanied by engines of both Burl... (more)

CSX's Gainesville Midland Subdivision has come to a halt for the next two days, as crews are getting time off to see their families. A cut of one of three grain trains in Gainesville is tied down ... (more)

Unlevel Horizon: Giving that effect is the notoriously unbalanced Athens to Gainesville branch, famous for operating steam late in the 1950s before Seaboard Air Line took over. Today though... (more)