After swapping cars with the road train from Lyons and picking-up from the local in East Dublin, the job toward Macon and the NS interchange slowly heads west across central Georgia.
After spending most of its day on the other side of town tied down, the power from this morning’s train has completed a run... (more)
Georgia Central's turn back to Macon crosses a rural road outside of Dublin, GA. One has to wonder how long these high hood U-boats will last in the 21st century...
The rarest U23B on the Georgia Central roster, GC 1004 and its unusual low nose bring today’s Lyons turn into Dublin on a dreary day. This unit was built for the L&N in July of 1973 hence the r... (more)
GC's Macon Turn, Y101, prepares to do some switching at Dublin before heading for home on a rainy summer day. Those high-hood U-boats won't be here for long and seem oddly appropriate on a dreary... (more)
Splish Splash The weight of a passing boxcar creates some interesting water action under a joint on the mainline.
Today’s Y101 patiently waits on the mainline in Dublin for a crew from Macon to bring it back to life for a run to the Heart of Georgia aka Macon.
Georgia Central's Dublin Switcher pulls from the papermill with a cut of cars bound for the small yard at East Dublin where they will be sorted for both NS and CSX connections. A timeless scene, ... (more)
Georgia Central's turn from Lyons, GA nears the small yard at Dublin, GA where it will interchange cars with the turn from Macon, GA and a local switcher. As time ticks by, one must wonder how lo... (more)
The 3968 goes to work setting off a cut of cars at the SP Newsprint paper mill which is one of the largest producers of recycling old newspaper into newsprint in the USA and was the first to do so... (more)
With black and white stripes starting to burn through on the long hood, it’s very easy to tell who used to own this 1977 built U23B.
GC 3938 and 3950, veteran high-hood U23B's of Southern heritage, leads the Y101 west across the Oconee River in Dublin, GA, headed back towards Macon.
GC L782 continues to switch in Dublin as it passes another sister U23B.
Georgia Central rosers the largest fleet of high hood U23Bs, and they may look rough but are in good mechanical condition from what I can tell...
GC Lyons to Dublin train L782 pulls into the West Dublin sidings to interchange with L782. This new open vista is provided by the new 441 bypass around Dublin.