One of Southern's 148 Alco RS-3's nos.2039, with Slug 2472 at Atlanta, GA in October 1970. Slug 2472 built from wrecked SOU 6548 FM H16-44 frame at Atlanta's Pegram Shops in October 1964. Phot... (more)

A dirty Illinois Terminal heritage SD70ACe leads a couple well weathered UP motors as they pull up to 'Spring' to swap crews

Arriving. Arriving at Inman Yard from Chattanooga, NS 371 pulls forward into Howell Wye.

Matched set of old timey -9's and descendents.

BNSF Scherer coal loads pass a track gang at King Plow

A pair of BNSF ES44C4's lead NS #175 through the gulch

Heading Out. NS 189 pulls under the signal bridge at Howell Wye as it prepared to depart Atlanta for East Point, GA.

A South Carolina Public Service coal load drops into Atlanta, passing bamboo and the MP 9.6 signal.

Dystopian. Departing the Five Points station, this MARTA train passes the Atlanta Underground, which once was a vibrant attraction but now is largely abandoned and overgrown.

Vanishing Scheme. Led completely by foreign power, including the likely imperiled KCS scheme, NS 26A waits near Howell Wye while it is working Inman Yard.

Former EMD Demonstrator 1503 leads 287 19 out of town, passing 27A 19. 27A is one of NS' monster intermodals, requiring over half a mile of headroom onto the main in order to spot cars in the Rai... (more)

CSX I025 rolls into Atlanta at 'Gilstrap' meeting I940 holding main 2 waiting for a crew. Both these trains were reroutes due to a barge hitting the drawbridge at Decatur,AL on the S&NA North Sub.

CSX M527 utilizes the Southern from Jones Ave to East Point where it will make a right turn onto the A&WP to Montgomery

Part of NS' revamped intermodal schedules, Atlanta-Jacksonville, FL/FEC runthrough 249 leaves downtown Atlanta with a pair of UP GEVO's.

NS P11 steps by CP Circle on Nº2 with a pair of SD60Es at Atlanta. Georgia. February 2023