The beast lives! After two plus years out of service the 6525 once again rolls through Athens. Here a northbound Athens Line storage move from Watkinsville passes the massive waste of taxp... (more)

Back in Business After sitting dead on a side track for several years the B&O 6525 has finally gotten a new generator and is being put back together. Today they brought it out onto the "mai... (more)

This ex AC60CW derated to 4400 HP is ready to lead the way from Fowler Junction northward. Lights from a nearby gas station illuminate this scene.

History on Rails! The Hartwell Railroad's Athens Branch power rests on the mainline. The GP10 heritage is obvious as well as the GP9 High Hood in the background! NOTE: The Ex. B&O Ch... (more)

This Cat has 9 Lives! This Ex. Chessie System (B&O) Geep High Hood rests along an industrial branch in "Paradise Valley". If one looks closely, evidence can be seen that this cat is going t... (more)

No this isn't Emerson on the W&A, its actually in sight distance of downtown Athens on the Abbeville. CSX train Q667 rumbles over the Oconee River at treetop level with a double digit AC44 in the ... (more)

CSX 2565 sits tied down at the Athens depot, the unit is assigned to the Y111 local. The loco was spotted in the perfect place, under the lights from the nearby sports field.

Dash 3 to the rescue The geep assigned to the Athens local had broken down on the main outside the depot, so the crew had to commander this set of power that was sitting at Fowler to drag ... (more)

CSX Seventy Seven Ninety Nine lays down a nice plume of smoke as it notches up after passing through a slow order at the Athens depot.

Third times the charm Three times i have tried to shoot a train splitting the signals at the North end of Fowler Junction, all times incidentally Q210 and both first two times i have been ... (more)

About as close to streetrunning as you can get in Athens. Looking a little out of place in the gravel parking lot for the Chase Park warehouses, CSX 5961 backs up to retrieve a hopper from the Ath... (more)

You never know what you might find in the brush. This coal trestle is all that is left of the former Athens Gas & Fuel Co. The area between the former Georgia Railroad yard and the CofG was once f... (more)

Cat in the weeds One of the last units still in Chessie paint rests forlornly in the weeds at the Paradise Valley Industrial park. The unit has a bad main generator and with current busines... (more)

Tis the season. Since we in Georgia are having a rather gray and snowless Christmas, i though i would share a scene from last march after our biggest snow of the decade. Here we see CSX Q... (more)

A well worn GP40-2 leads Y111 as it pulls out of the yard and past the abandoned factory at the North end of Fowler Junction.