Hartwell Railroad's Bowersville local pulls into Bowersville with former EJ&E SD38 654 leading two hoppers bound for the Rose Acre Feed Mill, which stands behind the camera in this view.

For my 75th photo on RP.net, Hartwell RR SD38 #654 idles in downtown Bowersville, GA.

Some of the Hartwell RR's mix bag of power idles in downtown Bowersville, GA.

HRT 4556, a former CNW GP9, sits in Bowersville, Ga on a quiet, peaceful night.

Former "J Ball" SD38 ,HRT 654, idles away at the Rose Acre Feed Mill in Bowersville, Ga. It's odd to see this northern veteran so far south.

After running a train from Toccoa to Bowersville, the power runs up the west end of the wye in Bowersville. This was a perfect opportunity to shoot the former St. Lawrence & Atlantic GP40-2, HRT 3... (more)

An old crossing sign stands below a million stars and the Milky Way's galactic bands in Bowersville, Ga on a cool, comfortable night for shooting. The Milky Way can be seen to the right of the cro... (more)

Doesn't look too bad to have been taken with a broken lens...

My personal favorite locomotive on the roster, HRT 4556, rests beneath hundreds of stars at the Rose Acre Feed Mill (behind me) in Bowersville, Georgia. This was my first time using flashes, and I... (more)

A former EJ&E SD38 now on the Hartwell Railroad takes a break next to a large field just outside of Bowersville, Georgia.

After shoving the 'road' train onto the south leg of the wye at Bowersville, engineer Eddie grabs a pair of GP35's to move storage cars off of the main so we could continue south to Elberton. L... (more)

Hartwell RY Passenger Division 11 leaves Bowersville with the July 4th afternoon train, headed for Hartwell.

This former Denver & Rio Grande Western GP35 has moved from the mountains of the Rockies to the hills of northeast Georgia but still does what was intended of her, that is to pull freight. This b... (more)

A southern whistle post, jointed rails, hill and dale trackage, and a mile of storage cars being lugged by a straining CNW GP9, whats not to love.

CNW 4556 rolls through a rural crossing on the original Hartwell railroad.