Road and Rail Amtrak 20 waits on the Atlantic steel spur as a torrent of cars fly by on Interstate 75/85 with the lights of midtown glowing in the background. The Crescent has been terminat... (more)
NS 3447, a former Conrail unit idles at the yard office in Chamblee as the blue hour of dusk sets in.
The low evening light sets the shiny paint on the 5037 alight as it shoves back into the yard. The UP SD70M on the house track hides the famed 4610 which was front coupled to it....
NS 153 manages to catch a spot of sun as it crosses the spectacular Wells Viaduct, west of Toccoa. The train has just picked up and set out cars in Toccoa and is now heading south to Atlanta, next... (more)
NS 153 diverges onto track #2 at Yonah, running around a 51Q grain train that is turning their power in downtown Lula.
The crew of 51Q has just taken 2 hours to assemble their train on the mainline in Baldwin, GA. They are now getting out of the way of train 153 at Yonah and will turn their power on the wye in to... (more)
With 6 loaded autoracks and 159 platforms, a huge post-Holiday 212 rolls over the Wells Viaduct. Named for Chief Engineer W.H. Wells, it was built between 1915-1919. Standing at 202' above the r... (more)
A 4hr 15 minute late Amtrak 19, The Crescent, crosses the famous Wells Viaduct just west of Toccoa, GA, on a clear December morning with the north Georgia mountains in the background.
Amtrak 19, the Crescent, running 10hrs, 30 minutes late due to a massive northeastern snow storm crosses an arm of Lake Hartwell on the Seneca River at Clemson, SC, in a rare daylight run through ... (more)
NS 238 kicks up some leaves as it takes the approach diverging signal at Lula. #153-29 is holding the main and will have to wait for 118 before heading into Gainesville.
NS 212 crosses over the Tugaloo River (Lake Hartwell) into South Carolina on a crystal clear Thanksgiving Weekend.
A rebuilt NS GP38-2 awaits the work week as it sits under the lights at the Chamblee depot on this November Sunday. The unit is unique in that the lead truck is painted silver, visible even in thi... (more)
A pair of NS GEs head a freight away from Tillford yard and past some very colorful urban art!
NS 221 rumbles up track 2 while preparing to diverge into track 1 just behind me.
After setting off and then picking up a few covered hoppers at the Fieldale Farms new feedmill in Baldwin, NS P37 creeps through downtown Alto, GA .
