Athens Line power rests at Paradise Valley on a nice summer evening.

Winter turns to summer, YN2 to turns to YN3. A late summer afternoon finds grain train power nearly identical to some that i shot in ... (more)

A former Conrail B40-8 sits by itself infront of the former Seaboard Airline depot in Athens.

Heading out for my railfanning today, i found that the Conrail painted 5961 had been replaced by the next number up, unfortunately in YN3 paint instead.

Glory in the 11th hour. As the ranks of CSX Dash 7's continue to thin, this B36-7 does what it was meant to do just one more time. Though Q143 is just a Atlanta to Fairburn transfer, i was gratefu... (more)

Minutes before sunset, and before i had to catch the 8:20 #58 bus back to West Lake, a NS stacker rolls slowly towards Inman in the fading light.

A CSX empty coal train with a eclectic consist crawls slowly through the railroad gulch with the Atlanta skyline in the background.

This trestle once carried the Georgia Railroad's Athens branch over Trail Creek and Poplar St in Athens, GA. This section of the line was closed in 1997 and the rails were pulled up in 2000, the t... (more)

A CSX stacker passes Spring St. with the downtown Atlanta skyline in the background as the cloud cover builds.

A NS northbound manifest with a string of chip hoppers at the front of the train arrives at Jefferson Ave. for a crew change. Up till the mid 90's Jefferson Ave. crossed the tracks here, and the t... (more)

After bringing back a long string of 5 pack TTX flats from storage in Watkinsville, the Athens Line power rests in the perfect evening light at Paradise Valley.

Every engineers worst nightmare. Thankfully we were shoving in reverse when this photo was taken and to the bus drivers credit, he made a complete stop at the crossing before proceeding.

CSX Grain train power heads out from the depot to the Pilgrims Pride facility as Y111 waits for the grain train to depart before heading for East Athens.

NS OLS GP60, 7140 leads Whittaker transfer G5A past Parrott Ave.

CSX Q676 heads north across the Oconee River, in the background can be seen the diamond with the former CofG.