A Conrail Geep sits on the house track in the historic downtown of Bowersville, Georgia on a quiet summer night .

Most of the Hartwell Roster looks like it belongs in a graveyard.

HRT 1973 (ex PC 7874), HRT 654 (ex EJE 654) and HRT 3000 (ex MKT 186) pass the site of a derailment at Eastanollee, GA 10/27/17 on their run to the NS interchange at Toccoa, GA.

HRT 1973 (ex PC 7874), HRT 654 (ex EJE 654) and HRT 3000 (ex MKT 186) pass Lavonia, GA 10/27/17 on their run to the NS interchange at Toccoa, GA.

HRT 1973 (ex PC 7874), HRT 654 (ex EJE 654) and HRT 3000 (ex MKT 186) are near Bowersville, GA 10/27/17 on their run to the NS interchange at Toccoa, GA.

Hartwell GP38 No. 1973 hurries east towards Lavonia after dropping off and picking up cars at the Toccoa interchange. It seems as though the former Conrail unit is showing more rust than blue thes... (more)

The Hartwell crew pulls a second cut of storage cars from deep on the segment between Bowersville and Hartwell, GA.

Hartwell 1973 pulls a pair of empty center beams out of Harbin Lumber. The crew will turn back north here and put a train together for the NS at Bowersville.

A quick drive over to the Hartwell in the afternoon paid off with a late run south out of Toccoa with the Ex-Con & Ex-J SD38 doing the honors.

Hartwell 1973 (ex-Conrail 7874) takes two empty centerbeam cars north from Royston. At Bowersville it will supposedly join another unit and a string of covered hoppers to make the road freight to ... (more)

The sun breaks through the thick clouds hovering over northeast Georgia, making a neon scene out of the Hartwell Railroad as it negotiates the former Southern line toward Bowersville while dense s... (more)

The hills of north Georgia overlook a ribbon of jointed steel rail that negotiates the landscape formerly dominated by the Southern Railway. A Hartwell Railroad southbound glides out of Toccoa beh... (more)

Sweet time has taken its toll on this elder rail veteran. Hartwell Railroad's 1973 (Ex CSX, Exx Conrail, Exxx Penn Central) was built for Penn Central Railroad in 1971, and somehow has lasted thro... (more)

Hartwell Railroad (HRT) local is on the move towards Toccoa, GA to interchange with Norfolk Southern with ex-Penn Central / Conrail / CSXT GP38 no. 1973 leading. Seen here just after departing a p... (more)

With a couple hoppers to drop at the plant, HRT's Bowersville local pulls to a stop in Lavonia, Georgia so it can drop them.