Southern inherited a line from Columbus, GA to Montgomery when they took over Central of Georgia, but the handwriting was on the wall. By the time of this photo, traffic was shrinking as Family L... (more)
A switch crew works the little Southern yard just south of the heart of downtown Augusta. Used mostly for piggyback by the time of the photo, the yard was a relic left over from the days when rai... (more)
The eastbound long-range local rolls into Opelika. At the time this photo was made, their would have been plenty for 46's crew to do in Opelika. I doubt the current NS counterpart to 46 has much... (more)
An ancient geep - coupled to a much newer GP38-2 - gets some attention at Columbus. First-generation units like 8233 are still out on the main in local service, but the end draws near for them.
Way back when, GPs were much more common than GEs or SDs, at least in my neck of the woods. That made this set of SDs a treat on a nice spring afternoon. In just a few seconds the operator will ... (more)