The night sky turns blue as another day begins on CSX's Cartersville sub. The power for L810 is posed under a street light in town with the freshly wiped down YN2 GP40 glowing in the light.
The headlights of M653 approach, casting light on the C&O relics at the west end of Pauley Wagner on the Big Sandy Subdivision.
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.
The McClure Mine run scoots down the Clinchfield in the middle of the night, exiting the mountain and passing the classic Clinchfield signal at Haysi
The sun hides behind clouds on a quiet day along the NKCR
An empty coal train arrives at the West Elk loadout on the North Fork Branch on a gorgeous morning in the Colorado Rockies.
The final cars are being loaded with coal at the West Elk loadout at the end of the former DRGW North Fork branch in Somorset, Colorado