An unusual local rack train slowly heads north up the Greenville District, preparing to diverge onto the Commerce Branch here at Lula. This is train P16, which normally heads north up the Branch a... (more)

154 rumbles north around one of the many curves of the NS Greenville District, part of the Piedmont Division.

Heritage meets heritage as Charlotte-Atlanta Train 221 with the New York Central heritage unit passes the classic Southern Railway signal bridge at Belton in Lula Georgia.

Having picked up the conductor after lining off of the Commerce Branch, the Gainesville to Commerce local proceeds south to Gainesville with an less-than-typical set of engines for power. Two high... (more)

After dropping off nearly half its train up the line at Baldwin, 348 soars through the small town of Lula on NS's Greenville District.

NS 237 slowly pulls around to a stop in Lula, GA to wait on 212 who is in the single track just South of him. Finally managed to grab a shot of the Lakawanna in some sort of light instead of the O... (more)

Gainesville-Toccoa turn P91 hurries north into Lula, GA behind an SD60 and two SD40-2s. The northeast Georgia trees have reached their fall peak, making the drive for this chase quite the pleasant... (more)

NS 214 clears at Yonah around 1AM moving quick.

Crawling out of a dense blanket of fog, Linwood, NC to Birmingham, AL manifest 153 leans into the superelevated curve at Belton as they approach Cagle awaiting a pair a trains.

A ragged pair of Union Pacific GEs, including the second C40-8 in a week, race under the old wooden bridge in downtown Lula on a muggy July morning.

Two SD40-2s from P37 have run north to assist ailing 153 on its drag up the 17-mile grade from the state line to Mt. Airy, GA. The 53 coal loads mixed into the train aren't helping much with the s... (more)

Local P37 assists Birmingham-bound train 153 from Mt. Airy to Gainesville after manifest's last unit had trouble. Seen here in Lula, the former BN SD40-2 leads the train under the old Southern Rai... (more)

NS 154 thunders through Lula after sunrise on a hot summer day. One of the few "raccoons" with the full white face is on front of the Birmingham to Linwood manifest.

Gainesville to Greenville turn P90 runs north at Lula just after sunrise with three SD40-2s for power, as usual. Unusually, the crew lawed out in Greenville, of course leaving the high hood 3rd ou... (more)

NS local train P16, which runs from Gainesville to Commerce via the NE-Line (Commerce Branch), slows to stop and let out conductor Jack to line the train onto the branch line. One person had alrea... (more)