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

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

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.

IS IT 2015 OR NOT? It's hard to believe that it's 2015, and yet you can still go to see a CNW GP9. This is truly the pride of the Hartwell Railway.

TIS A COOL NIGHT IN NEBRASKA IN 1979 Not really, but you wouldn't be able to tell otherwise if it wasn't for this description. And that's what I love about the Hartwell Railway! There are s... (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)

It's not everyday that you come up on an Ex CNW GP9, Ex Rio Grande GP35, Ex Conrail GP38, Ex EJE SD38, and two other elder, classic locomotives on the same railroad...much less in 2014! Hartwell R... (more)

Hartwell Railroad crews have tied down for the night at the iconic Lavonia Depot, which is behind me, after making a quick run from Toccoa, Georgia where they retrieved cars from Norfolk Southern ... (more)

Hartwell Railroad crews have tied down for the night at the iconic Lavonia Depot, which is behind me, after making a quick run from Toccoa, Georgia where they retrieved cars from Norfolk Southern ... (more)

It's a dreary, foggy, and cold winter night with low hanging clouds and misting rains. HRT 3044, the Ex Rio Grande GP35 sleeps peacefully in it's usual spot at the Lavonia yard.

A pair of former Rio Grande GP30's now working for the Hartwell Railroad lead a southbound through Lavonia.

Not in Kansas anymore Built for The J in 1970 and usually seen roaming around Lake Michigan, this fine product from EMD now finds itself miles from its former home in Illinois and as one o... (more)

Wearing its Chessie era paint, Great Walton SW9 5093 leads some old Southern wood chip cars north by Lavonia Georgia.

Former Southern Railway GP30 2594 working now for the Hartwell leads a cut of cars north. Today she resides in her original Southern paint at the Tennessee Valley Railway Museum.