Former CSXT 1973, still wearing it's Conrail colors (and with a little Penn Central paint showing through), leads a southbound off the Toccoa Wye. This photo marks the beginning of a chase to Bowe... (more)

Two of the Hartwell Railroad's Geeps take a rest on the wye just south of Toccoa. The Hartwell has an interesting fleet of locomotives, with all of them still bearing their previous owner's paint ... (more)

Former Bessemer & Lake Erie SD7 454, now owned by Hartwell Railroad, sits at it's permanent testing grounds in the tiny, quaint town of Airline, Georgia right after sunset on a bitterly cold Decem... (more)

Hartwell Railroad's Lavonia - Tocca, GA local passes a dilapidated building alongside GA highway 17.

Exxx Penn Central, exx Conrail, ex CSX GP38, now HRT 1973 sits at the Toccoa Wye with HRT 3000, a former St Lawrence & Atlantic GP40-2.

An old crossing sign stands below a million stars and the Milky Way's galactic bands in Bowersville, Ga on a cool, comfortable night for shooting. The Milky Way can be seen to the right of the cro... (more)

Doesn't look too bad to have been taken with a broken lens...

It seems as if the shots you don't plan are the ones that turn out the best. I was on my way to go shoot an Ex BN unit in Gainesville, and as I made my way into Georgia I kept thinking to myself "... (more)

Wait what year is it again (copyright Tj M. Murrah)

Having dropped it's cars off, the ex-CNW, ex-RI 4556 couples onto a cut of well cars and TOFC flats to shove into the ex-Hartwell trackage at Bowersville. Meanwhile the ex StL&A 300 and another un... (more)

136 Is Missing An Eye Former Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) GP35 136 is missing a number board. If you look closely, you can see where Hartwell Railroad wrote the number on to t... (more)

Former Rio Grande GP35, HRT 3044, sits in the quiet town of Lavonia, Georgia below the planet Venus, the bright star to the left of the locomotive.

My personal favorite locomotive on the roster, HRT 4556, rests beneath hundreds of stars at the Rose Acre Feed Mill (behind me) in Bowersville, Georgia. This was my first time using flashes, and I... (more)

Hartwell crews pull their abnormally long train across the switch on the north end of the Toccoa Wye with the former EJE SD38 on point. They are interchanging cars with NS here at the wye. These c... (more)

Hartwell Railroad has amazed me for 2 years at this point. From the moment I discovered the line, I was hooked! One of my favorite aspects is the pure history the line beholds. The track its self ... (more)