Two AC44C6M rebuilds are on the point of Birmingham-Linwood manifest 154 as it struggles to get back on the move through historic Buford. If memory serves me correctly, two more units were positio... (more)

Fresh thoroughbred AC44C6M 4623 and sister NS 4042 race by the statue of Trigger and his rider in downtown Buford, GA. Although Trigger is frozen in time, Rutherford to Atlanta intermodal 27A is m... (more)

I can smell the colors, Outside on my lawn. The moist green organic, That my feet tread upon. --The 'Glow Worm' produces some olfactory hues, smoking it up on a Charlotte-Atlanta intermodal.

The Southern RR Heritage Unit passes the Tannery Row Office Complex, a former leather tannery. 8099 was damaged less than 3 months later when it hit a rock slide in Pittsburgh while leading inter... (more)

With the sun lower in the sky, it makes for some great lighting for shots. Here, 211 makes its way south through Buford on its last leg to Atlanta on an unusually warm September evening.

Fresh out of Atlanta, 212, one of the most high priority or "hot" trains on the line takes on the curve at Buford with a quickly aging D9-44CW leading the way to New Jersey.

Running on time from Charlotte with loads of domestic and a mix of international containers, 221 runs alongside Main Street in Buford, GA on a sunny yet very hot morning.

153 rounds the Buford Curve at full speed with all GEVOs for power on a chilly afternoon.

Most old factory buildings in Georgia were for the textile industry. However this cool looking building, now re-purposed into lofts, was originally a leather tannery.

The Penn Central Heritage unit may have a case of leprosy, but it's still better than a healthy catfish.

SD40Es don't escape helper service often and make it south even less. An Altoona, PA to Atlanta, GA deadhead allowed one to escape with rear observation car #5. The Maryland will celebrate it's ... (more)

Nancy Hanks and Trigger: NS 203, with the Central of Georgia heritage unit in the lead, crawls past a statue of Roy Rogers, his horse Trigger, saddle-maker John Johnson of the Bona Allen Co... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "Training First Responders" train heads south in Buford, GA on the way to Atlanta for a week long training session.

Two SD70 models lead a maintenance of way and rail train around the Bona Allen curve in downtown Buford, GA minutes before sunset. The Allen family operated several factories throughout the town, ... (more)

Running almost nine hours late, Amtrak's first official southbound Crescent of the year races into the brisk setting sun, doing every bit of track speed through Buford, GA.