CSX coal drag N100 approaches North Elizabeth in Marietta, Georgia in September 2004. The 700 series SD70ACs would later be renumbered. (Slide Scan)

A faded but functional Yellow Nose II painted leader holds Q211 back as it drops down the grade from Kennesaw Mountain, seen behind the locomotives.

Southbound loaded Gas Train K421 heads to Atlanta as they pass through Marietta.

CSX SD40-2 #8008 & SD40-3 #4068 finally level out at Elizabeth,GA with a 102 car 9600' loaded autorack train Q241-21 after battling the grades from Emerson to Marietta. This pair sounded good!

A brace of EMD GP38-2's bring Georgia Northeasterns northbound train to Tate across I-75 on a cold winter morning. CLC #3810 is back on home rails as it was built for the L&N in June 1971.

Traffic is down significantly on the old Western & Atlantic, but it still has its moments. Cincy-Waycross train Q541 passes local A70305, which is working GNRR Elizabeth Yard. A703 is sporting b... (more)

Cartersville to Atlanta turn A703 and a billboard at wading in the kudzu sea.

Q513, lead by BNSF ES44DC 7540, heads south through Marietta, GA on track 2 as it travels to its final destination of Rice Yard in Waycross, GA.

A special train from Universal Alloy Corporation blocks evening commuters as it comes into the yard at Elizabeth.

Day falls as a CSX stack train accelerates out of Atlanta with recently repainted 360 leading the way.

Q211 from Louisville to Columbia snakes through the suburbs of Atlanta.

Built as PC 7815 in 1969, GNRR 2000 now works with a small fleet of other fascinating EMD veterans. A hand full of those units are seen here tied up for the weekend at Marietta.

110 cars of dirty Illinois coal from Sugarcamp Mine head to the South Carolina Public Service Authority Power Plant at Cross, SC; rolling through a sea of Kudzu.

Thanks to a little help from my friends, I was able to nab this one just before a dinner reservation. Every time I see this paint scheme, I keep thinking it shouldn't work, but I really like it n... (more)

Relieved of hauling tourists for the time being, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway painted 4631 handles the real money maker, freight.