By the 1980s, GARR's six-day-a-week freights between Macon and the mainline at Camak generally were just a few cars long. On this day, #30 will clear the bridge before the exhaust from the GP40 up... (more)

ICG has been around for about three years, and that's probably about how long it's been since 513 has seen a wash rack.

A unit train heads for the coal terminal on McD Island with typical L&N coal power for south Alabama in the early '80s - a trio of GP38s with a recently rebuilt U28B (or U30B) helping out.

A Southern freight heads north over what was once the Central of Georgia's main (via trackage rights over the A&WP north of Newnan) between Atlanta and Columbus. This line is mostly gone now.

Frequent problems restarting Atlanta-bound trains after the required stop at the Southern crossing in Opelika led to the practice shown in this photo. Crews stopped their trains on the downgrade ... (more)

After coming down the West Point Route from Atlanta as #213, this train heads to Mobile on the L&N as #413 (I think...).

ICG hung on to the ex-GM&O RS-1s a lot longer than many of us expected, even repainting a few. I was a GM&O fan, but I had to admit the orange and white looked pretty good when first applied. It... (more)

An A&NR crew works their yard on the west side of downtown Lufkin. The gate in the foreground controls movements over the right-angle crossing with UP's former SP main, which is just behind the ph... (more)

My most most frequently sighted - and least favorite - locomotive when I started fanning in the early 1970s in east Alabama was the Southern GP38 (or GP38-2). Square, black, run-of-the-mill blah.... (more)

Southern went in big for the GP35, eventually owning 76. Five, including 244, were purchased for Central of Georgia, and stood out by having three-digit numbers and Blomberg trucks. The other 71... (more)

BN's PBF glides along the flood wall as a '64 Impala cruises by on Water Street.

Atlanta-bound run-through train 214 passes the old WofA coaling tower (still there in 2015) and bangs across the double crossing with Southern.

The most 'SCL' of diesels, U36Bs served a weird dual-role on the railroad. They often fronted the hottest trains on the road, especially on the ex-ACL main between Richmond and Florida. They als... (more)

Arguably the best train-watching spot in Macon was the area behind Terminal Station where the main from Atlanta joined the former CofG lines from eastern Georgia at a spot called Macon Junction. ... (more)

After dropping a transfer at S&NA Yard (L&N & SCL), the crew heads engine-light back to the former GM&O West End Yard. The sun is setting old Alcos like 1108, but they have hung on in the EMD-hea... (more)