Running several hours late, Amtrak 19, the southbound Crescent, hurries through the s-curves between Alto and Yonah with an increasingly rare pair of Genesis locomotives in Phase V paint for power... (more)

Gainesville to Mt. Airy local P64 hurries through the small town of Lula, GA with two generations of NS EMDs for power. A classic Southern Railway wooden overpass, a switch panel car, and a rusted... (more)

Two NS AC44C6M rebuilds lead tonnage manifest 154 upgrade at Cornelia with the assistance of another AC44 setup as the rear DP. Southern Railway milepost 560 marks the head end of the Birmingham, ... (more)

Cruising by a field of blooming wildflowers as clouds build overhead, Maysville-bound grain train 50R is almost at its destination halfway down the Commerce Branch between Lula and Athens, GA. The... (more)

The wreck repairs made to NS ET44AC 3624 gleam in a patch of sunlight as Maysville-bound grain train 50R snakes down the Commerce Branch. The Southern milepost sign and red clay cut leave no doubt... (more)

Always overpowered Gainesville Midland local L821 is almost done for the day as it drops into Pendergrass yard limits with 2 "heavies" and 4 whole cars. CSX ES44AH 942 leads the short tr... (more)

Two NS widecabs hustle high-priority Crowley traffic along the new Florida to Charlotte service lane as spring starts to color the north Georgia landscape.

Local P67 rolls south to begin its industry work in Flowery Branch with NS 3625 for power. This unit is unique for its Southern-style number boards and black unibrow resulting from wreck repairs a... (more)

A pair of dark future CSX GEs lead Wateree, SC-bound coal train C740 by some of the granite processing facilities in Elberton, GA, the "granite capital of the world." A new CM44AC rebuil... (more)

Buds are starting to pop on this clear spring morning as CSX CW44AH 5114 and ES40DC 5410 plus a CM44AC rebuild on the rear hustle Wateree, SC-bound coal train C740 by the depot and caboose in Colb... (more)

CSX CW44AH 5114 and ES40DC 5410 lead Wateree, SC-bound coal train C740 up the Abbeville Subdivision through the small town of Bogart on a clear March morning. A fresh CM44AC rebuild is the rear DP... (more)

A pair of NS GEVOs lead southbound intermodal train 283 by the historic Southern Railway depot in downtown Cornelia. The north Georgia portion of the Appalachian mountains can be clearly seen in t... (more)

Spring has sprung in north Georgia as CSX's always-overpowered Pendergrass-Gainesville local passes a row of pink blossoms while retuning home through downtown Pendergrass. The Gainesville Midland... (more)

An empty CSX grain train out of Gainesville approaches the Eastern Continental Divide at Belmont as it traverses the steep and winding Gainesville Midland Subdivision enroute to Athens. In the ope... (more)

During the golden hour at the close of a freezing winter day, BNSF ES44AC 5892 and two other orange GEVOs lead NS 283 by the old Southern depot and whistle board in downtown Flowery Branch.