After a severe thunderstorm, the Hartwell RR sends two of their Geeps up to Toccoa lite power. This photo was taken only a couple days before 1973 hit a car at the very crossing I took this photo ... (more)

HRT 5130 & 654 work American Woodmark in Eastanollee spotting up three bay hoppers to be loaded.

Hartwell 5130 & 3000 roll south at Eastanollee with four cars from NS at Toccoa for Bowersville & Royston.

Former Penn Central/Conrail/CSX GP38 No. 1973 leads a northbound on the Hartwell Railroad, curving through the fog at Eastanollee.

A CNW GP9 and a Conrail GP38 bring a few covered hoppers into Eastanollee to be spotted up at "Bill's" right around the corner.

CNW GP9 4556 leads a long train of temporary storage Micheline cars into Eastanollee, GA.

While riding a train to Toccoa we lost 3000 mid trip and had to stop to start it back up. I took advantage of the opportunity for a quick photo while Eddie walked back and did his thing.

A random encounter while driving home, I saw that the Hartwell Railroad was close to my drive home from Atlanta to North Carolina and stopped. I drove around aimlessly till I found a railroad cros... (more)

After running from Toccoa GA early in the morning, HRT 5130 and HRT 3000 sit with their engines off on an industrial track in Eastanollee GA. HRT 5130 is an Ex-Southern locomotive, which was then ... (more)

An almost unadulterated EJ&E SD38 heads north the the NS interchange on the Great Walton/Hartwell RR.

After what I considered a bad morning on the Pickens, I decided to head south to see if I could manage any luck on the Hartwell, a notoriously difficult shortline to shoot due to the fact that not... (more)

After what I considered a bad morning on the Pickens, I decided to head south to see if I could manage any luck on the Hartwell, a notoriously difficult shortline to shoot due to the fact that not... (more)

After what I considered a bad morning on the Pickens, I decided to head south to see if I could manage any luck on the Hartwell, a notoriously difficult shortline to shoot due to the fact that not... (more)

A quick roster shot of the 654 since this ended up being the only we were able to shoot the nose of the engine in good since they continued to do what I refer to as #hartwellthings as usual. This ... (more)

Engineer Eddie looks over his paper work while the conductor performs some throwback railroading by gravity switching this string of plastic hoppers to the front of their train for delivery to GEM... (more)