A former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway EMD sits on the point of a Hartwell Railroad train in need of a crew to take it to the Norfolk Southern interchange in Toccoa.
On the way home after switching bentonite hoppers at the Minorca mine the crew now swaps out one gondola and picks up two others from a small siding at a metal scrap yard just outside downtown Hib... (more)
On the way home after switching bentonite hoppers at the Minorca mine and passing by what once was a small stretch of light industrial business along the line.
The engineer leans back in the seat as he creeps along while loading iron ore bearing rock at the United Taconite coarse crusher at the Thunderbird mine.