North Georgia's best color in several years begins to show as NS 172 rolls downgrade crossing the headwater of the broad river. Two ES40DC's are assisting mid-train.
At the time, she was one of six.
A reroute train on the Piedmont with some great power. Nice to see something different other than black.
Just days earlier, NS had announced the end of the steam program. After a weekend of excursion trips, 611 is preparing to leave Greenville, on the ferry move back to Birmingham, carrying black fl... (more)
Performing they duty they were purchased for, two GP60's and a B32-8 lead an intermodal hotshot north through Easley.
NS Piedmont Division local P11 heads south through a cavern of trees and kudzu with three UP engines leading for NS B32-8's
With the Atlanta skyline in the background, train 221 passes through Birmont Junction.
Northbound hotshot 204 starts to slow down as it approaches its crew change in Greenville.
Northbound crossing over from track one to two and kicking up a bit of dust as the lead units hit the abandoned intersecting rails of CSX's Gainesville Midland sub.
A trio of B32-8's lead hot shot 213 over the Crescent mainline at Easley. Just visible in the background is the connection with the Pickens Railroad.
Hustling twelve Caterpillar high-wide cars north.
NS 58W grain train power.
Three EMD's from the SD70 family (SD70M, SD70, SD70M-2) lead coal train 74T south through Beverly
Three EMD's from the SD70 family (SD70M, SD70, SD70M-2) lead coal train 74T south through Norris
Southbound coal train 74T heads towards the single track at Carswell