The southbound Tate - Marietta train rolls past the remnants of an abandoned building south of Ball Ground.

GNRR 2000 sits silent under a clear sky. A combination of flash and nearby street lights illuminate the scene.

Engineer Ginny passes through the backyards of Tate aboard Georgia Northeastern GP38-2 #2000 returning light power from Marble Hill on a fine Spring afternoon.

Georgia Northeastern GP38-2 #2000 leads the Whitestone Run under the old wooden bridge in downtown Jasper,GA.

Georgia Northeastern GP38-2 #2000 leads a hodgepodge of Patriot Rail GP38-2's straight through Blue Ridge Marble & Granite Company's plant at Nelson,GA with 19 cars of marble products on their way... (more)

Engineer Gary has his pair of EMD GP38-2's wound up hauling 11 loads of crushed marble south past a farm near Talking Rock on the former L&N 'Old Line'.

Gary and Anthony bring grain empties south on a pleasant early Autumn morning

Built as PC 7815 in 1969, GNRR 2000 now works with a small fleet of other fascinating EMD veterans. A hand full of those units are seen here tied up for the weekend at Marietta.

My last railroad photo of the year and likely the last pure Georgia Northeastern consist on their road freight. Three Patriot Rail locomotives were already en-route from the Pacific Northwest at ... (more)

GNRR's road train to Elizabeth heads south at Ball Ground, GA.

A set of GNRR power for the road train to Elizabeth idles at the shop at Tate. In short order, the afternoon crew will come on duty and take a train south behind this power set.

With a fresh crew, the first 32 empty CSX hoppers head back to the interchange at Elizabeth, GA.

Out of cross-level is the technical term for both the main and seldom used siding seen here on the Georgia Northeastern. Three engines and the first half of the empty grain train are on the main,... (more)

The 2000 looks down the tracks on a sweltering summer afternoon as a scattered thunderstorm rains on Canton a few miles to the north

The last train of the year meanders south towards Elizabeth