A pair of Patriot Rail owned GP38-2s in the form of GNRR #2000 & CLC #3810 bring a dozen loads of crushed marble from Imerys' Whitestone operation south through the quiet mountain town of Talking ... (more)

CLC #3810 takes some empty hoppers to Whitestone to be loaded

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)

Retaining it's horizonal nose headlight through both a Morrison-Knudsen rebuild and more recent de-turboing, for SSW 7653 is no stranger to the mountains. However, it likely never operated over t... (more)

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.

The 8705 leads the 4 motors & 21 marble cars up the wet grade to Jasper, screaming in notch 8 as it passes through of the Twin Mountain Lakes community north of Jasper. With 21 loaded cars in tow,... (more)

The 4 motors of the combined Job 102/103 are screaming as they try to bring the 21 loaded cars of marble up the wet grade towards Jasper. With 21 loaded cars in tow, one of the bigger trains to ha... (more)

CLC GP38-3 #3805 leads a train from Whitestone to Tate at Talking Rock, GA 10/6/20. The L&N "Hook and Eye" got its name from a switchback "hook" here, until a realignment. I ... (more)

A former L&N GP38 is back on home rails working for the Georgia Northeastern Railroad seen passing Twin Mountain Lakes between Jasper and Talking Rock.

Engineer Gary has his pair of EMD GP38-2's wound up hauling 11 loads of crushed marble south past a farm near Talking Rock on the former L&N 'Old Line'.

Passing the 422 Milepost, former SP 7207 gives away its heritage running long hood forward bringing empty marble chip hoppers to the north-most freight customer on the line.

A set of former Seaboard equipment sits on display at Talking Rock, GA along the GNRR mainline. The caboose is a former SCL M5, its former number is unknown. The second passenger car started life ... (more)

Second unit is a BQ23-7