A freshly painted catfish leads a manifest north towards Chattanooga
NS 347 (Chattanooga,TN-Macon,GA) roll through Dalton, GA (M.P. 40.1H Hair) on its way south for Macon, GA on this sunny early fall afternoon.
The sky open up as NS 361 (Chattanooga,TN-Macon,GA) work its way through the center of downtown Dalton, GA just before crossing over the CSX "The other railroad" controlled diamond (M.P.... (more)
Northbound NS 348 (Linwood,NC-Chattanooga,TN) stomping its way through Dalton, GA (M.P. 40.1H Hair) with on its way north to its destination Debutts Yard in Chattanooga, TN.
A friendly conductor gives a wave as the engineer bring the train past the newly replaced holdout signals at CP Norton.
A true North American consist, lead by one of CP's four operating 9043MACs, passes through Hair Interlocking and the Manly Jail Works in downtown Dalton, GA. Surprisingly, I was the only person p... (more)
NS 177 accelerates through the junction at Green with a quartet of Saudi Railway Organization EMD's bound for Savannah,GA for export.
NS 8056 leads southbound coal loads through the junction at Dalton, GA.
As this intermodal train passes through Mableton, it looks a little odd because there isn't a single Norfolk Southern engine on it. But these two foreign units add some variety of color to the ra... (more)
Rolling on track 2 through Mableton under a clear sky, northbound NS 335 has all three engines with their cabs facing forward. The two C44-9W engines, sandwich a Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8704, t... (more)
Chicago to Atlanta 215 makes a setoff and pickup at Whitaker Yard, while work progresses adding additional ramp tracks.
NS 5109 leads I5Q near Aragon, Georgia. It is certainly rare to catch a high-nose GP38-2 in the lead of a road train, much less an intermodal.
High nose GP38-2 leading an intermodal train this afternoon. Are we sure this is 2015 and not 2000???
NS 371 rolls through Oostanaula this morning with one of the best leaders I have ever shot on a train - a high nose GP38-2. High nose units have become rare in the railroading world, especially le... (more)
