'The Spirit of Cumberland' leads autorack train Q235 south
One of the last units operating in the once ubiquitous HLCX maroon & blue paint. Oddly enough, it started out life as an NdeM SD40.
An empty coal train leans into the curve near the Dobbins AFB gate behind a pair of mid-1960s veterans - L&N C630 1432 and SD35 1281 (ex-SCL 1907 sent to L&N to help with a power crunch). Just ah... (more)
Still one of my favorite locomotive consists this year, a pair of leasers lead a dead CSX SD70MAC.
Conductor 'Blu' stands beside an ex SP SD45 as he gives a roll-by inspection to a passing K train occupying main 1. After the meet I235 would get the signal to proceed into Tilford.
The CSX business train slides through the town of Smyrna behind a trio of F40PH's on its way to Decoursey,KY.
The second leaser I shot this day. It felt like 2005, not 2015.
Six miles after departing Tilford Yard, Atlanta to Cincinnati manifest Q540 stalled. These two engines were sent to rescue the train and give it a shove past Lockair, the next signal to the north ... (more)
Ex NdeM SD40 #8582 now rebuilt into HLCX SD40-2 #6313 leads CSX empty autorack train Q210 (Cayce,SC - Louisville,KY) up a grade out of Atlanta and through the prominent kudzu.
BNSF Scherer coal train meets NS #288
Q581 basks in the morning sun while it waits to meet Q582 and Q212 before proceeding south to Tilford.
SOO Line SD60 no. 6033 leads Norfolk Southern train #175 through the crossovers at 'Jac Mac' and will then cross the Chattahoochee River and enter Atlanta city limits.
An empty K train holds main 1 as Q541 rolls south on main 2