NS's Southern heritage unit 4610 tied up on the house track.

Whose line is it anyways? UP power is hardly uncommon in Atlanta but a scene like this is still a neat site for a east coast railfan. When I saw the signal go clear I thought, wouldnt it be... (more)

Bent out of shape On February 13th NS 119 derailed at CP Foremost, near the Lenox MARTA station, several cars derailed and fell on their sides. Luckily the damage to the units was minor an... (more)

Dark Horse The horsehead era on NS has not been kind to the railroads fleet of highhoods, many of them have been chopped and rebuilt or flat out retired, gone are the SD40's, the GP38AC, th... (more)

Nothing but highhoods! A trio of highhoods running light towards Inman accelerate past the parked 5037. For a fan of older power this was a real treat to see.

NS 3447, a former Conrail unit idles at the yard office in Chamblee as the blue hour of dusk sets in.

The low evening light sets the shiny paint on the 5037 alight as it shoves back into the yard. The UP SD70M on the house track hides the famed 4610 which was front coupled to it....

A rebuilt NS GP38-2 awaits the work week as it sits under the lights at the Chamblee depot on this November Sunday. The unit is unique in that the lead truck is painted silver, visible even in thi... (more)

The black paint of this NS switcher is set aglow by the warm evening light, contrasted by the dark sky overhead of a cloud front that would move in after dark.

A old Southern high hood GP38-2 suns itself at the Chamblee yard office on the NS Piedmont Division, to the right of the unit a plane can be seen taking off from the Chamblee airport.

The string of hoppers in the background gives the impression that this pair of GP60's is lugging a mile long train through Chamblee. In reality its just a little yard switching but seeing these en... (more)

A classic NS highhood backs through a patch of sun as it goes to work the Chamblee-Doraville yard.

A NS piedmont division southbound departs Chamblee after a crew change while tied up local power looks on.

In a scene out of the early 90's, two solid EMD consists meet on the double track Southern mainline. In reality it is just a yard job meeting a local but it was great to see and hear this many EMD... (more)

This 300 hp critter has been tucked away at GE Energy in Chamblee for a long time. It was built in September 1959 and was employed with Georgia Power until probably in the 1970's. S/N 33449.