Led by an Ex PC GP38 wearing Conrail colors, a HRT local shoves a couple hoppers into the plant just south of Lavonia before continuing south to Bowersville.

An American flag flies high in Martin, Georgia as a southbound Hartwell Railroad local cruses into town.

After shoving a couple hoppers into the plant here just south of Lavonia, the HRT local pulls out of the lead, preparing to couple back up to it's train and head down to Bowersville, Ga.

Something about this scene just doesn't quiet fit. A Conrail GP38 passes a Southern whistle board as the train approaches Lavonia, Ga.

My good friend and possibly future RP contributer, Kaici Smith, gets her shots of a Hartwell Railroad local passing the old Southern Railway depot in Lavonia. The mix between northern and southern... (more)

On it's southbound trek from Toccoa, this Hartwell Railroad local heads through the outer limits of Martin, Ga. It is seen here passing the Newman Collins Cemetery.

The trailing unit, HRT 3000, is blowing some serious smoke as the train throttles up in downtown Martin, Ga. The leader is a former Penn Central GP38, built in 1971.

A southbound Hartwell Railroad train crosses highway 123 as it heads south through Toccoa, Ga, headed for Bowersville, Ga.

Harrisburg Line? Nope, this isn't rural Pennsylvania, not even in the north! This is the heart of Georgia! But this old Conrail geep looks right at home in the quiet farmland of Avalon, Geo... (more)

A Bowersville bound HRT local throttles up as it pulls into Eastanollee, Georgia with an Ex Conrail GP38 on point.

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)

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.

Nothing beats a Hartwell Railway consist. From all my years of railfaning, Hartwell has always presented amazing locomotive lash-ups. On a quiet January night, a power set is seen tied down just o... (more)

From Penn Central, to Conrail, to CSX, and finally, to Hartwell Railroad, this locomotive has definitely made it's way around! From king of the north, to a sister in the south, she has for sure se... (more)