1100 & 1300 arrive at Tennille

Powder Power. Sandersville Railroad (SAN) SW1500 no. 1100 and booster 91 are seen dragging a long train of covered hoppers down into the interchange yard in Tennille, GA. At least the f... (more)

Towing into Tennille. Sandersville Railroad SW1500 no. 1100 and booster 91 are seen hauling a long train of cars down into the interchange yard in Tennille, GA. The first two cars on th... (more)

Sandersville Slugs. Sandersville Railroad SW1500 no.s 1100 and 1500 are seen working the railroad's yard outside Tennille, GA on a cloudy afternoon. The locomotives are paired with slug... (more)

Powder rising into the air, a “BLAM” resounding through the pines. I’d say it might be a slightly hard coupling as the railroad gathers cars to take to the NS interchange in Tennille. No l... (more)

What is the Sandersville all about?. Kaolin, plain and simple. Here with a huge string of the stuff a train heads back to town. If you want to watch switching done as it should be, check out th... (more)

A Sandersville Railroad train has finished switching the two big industries at the north end of the railroad and passes the Robin Spring Baptist Church as it heads back to its namesake town. It wi... (more)

Sandersville's Deepstep turn doing some switching at the south end of their rollercoaster yard

Just another day in the Sandersville hood as the Deepstep turn rumbles down Tybee Street with 645's roaring, the residents more interested in the crazy guy with the camera than the train. After sh... (more)

After switching the Kaolin plants north of town, the Deepstep turn is returning to the yard and is doing a little street running down Tybee Street.

Boom CountyWhile much of rural Georgia faces high unemployment rates from the lack of local industries, Washington county has always been an exception. The vast Kaolin deposits have long pu... (more)

Business As Usual... After a last minute decision to head down to Sandersville, Georgia in hopes of catching this interesting Shortline in Action! As soon as we arrived into town we were gr... (more)

Sandersville #1100,1400 & 1500 are tied up for the evening as thunderstorms move off to the east behind the units.