GNRR GP18 #8705 & GP38-2 #9706 bring the Tate - Marietta local by Jamerson Road south of Woodstock

Georgia Northeastern's Tate - Marietta local meanders south through the farmland at Gober with eight loads of crushed marble for the mines at Whitestone

Engineer Kenny gets his train underway departing Tate for Marietta

Georgia Northeastern's Tate - Marietta south local passes the old Tyson feed mill in rural Gober

Most of the GNRR roster lugs a loaded grain train north a couple miles south of Woodstock

The Tate - Marietta train rolls south through Ball Ground

Jeff Denney is in the engineers seat on Georgia Northeastern GP18 #8705 as they take a grain train north coming into Woodstock,GA on a summer afternoon in 2013. Jeff has long since moved on from t... (more)

Georgia Northeastern hauling marble through the mountains.

Returning from Whitestone, a late day GNRR passes the well maintained depot now housing the Pickens County Mercantile and Quilt Shoppe.

GNRR Job 102 is passing Talking Rock Brewery, which is located inside the restored passenger cars. There is a 0.01% chance you'll see a train while they're open, but they have good beer and are g... (more)

9 loads/5 empties have 3,800 HP wide open to maintain 10mph... even grades on the far south end of the ex-L&N Hook & Eye are steep.

5,800 horses drag 12 loads of marble chips up one of the many grades on the Hook & Eye, passing two horses on a lovely farm.

Anthony grabs a couple notches of the throttle as they begin up the hill with a heavy train of marble products from the mines around Tate.

After tying down the train just north of here to give themselves room to switch the next morning, the power of Job 102 runs engine lite to the shop several hundred feet behind me to call it a day.... (more)

The 8705 leads the 4 motors & 21 marble cars of Job 102 south of Jasper as they head for Tate to call it a day. With 21 loaded cars in tow, one of the bigger trains to have come south from Whitest... (more)