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)

Local duties in Gainesville have wrapped up for the Chirstmas holiday, with a trio of veteran EMDs holding on the tank track north of the depot. Former N&W equipment, ranging from SD40-2s to a rus... (more)

The Christmas Eve version of NS 221 is loaded down with nearly two miles of domestic containers. Despite the weight, the intermodal is doing a solid 45 through the switch at Red Lane on this brigh... (more)

A pair of visitors make a stop in Gainesville, GA on the CSX GM Subdivision.

What's more American than a railroad, a locomotive painted to honor the veterans of this nation, the American Flag, a 103-year old depot, and a grill? NS 154 has stopped to grab new paperwork to a... (more)