Halloween was over a week ago but the face of a spirit shows up in Marietta on a work train as the fall foliage is in full force.
Built in June 1960 as NKP 708, GNRR GP18 8705 was recently released after an overhaul during which it surprisingly received an unexpected face lift. Along with it's fresh coat of paint, the most n... (more)
Georgia Northeastern RR GP18 #8705 received a new paint job along with a chopped nose. Never would I have guessed GNRR chopping their high hoods like NS is. The #6576 is presumably next. See the ... (more)
A UP 70M & UP AC44CW still in Southern Pacific paint bring CSX empty autorack train Q242 north after meeting Q211.
Georgia Northeastern RR GP20 #4125 basks in the autumn sunlight sitting in the GNRR yard at Elizabeth. The #4125 is a former Southern Pacific locomotive as evidenced from the single pane windshiel... (more)
Q211-01 thunders past CP Elizabeth with a pair of borrowed Canadian National EMD's
The local crew aboard #4125 watches the road train come in at Elizabeth
Sign of the times: Power short CSX using leased EMD power just after Georgia midterm elections
A loaded scrap tie train rolls north with SD40-2 #8887 in command as a scattered rain shower pours down despite the sunshine.
A pair of leaser SD40M-2's and a CSX GP38-2 (the Franklin M. Garrett & Spirit of Atlanta) pull hard on its 6,000+ foot train up the grade into Marietta not long after sunrise. I didn't think I was... (more)
Old Conrail power in new paint awaits its next assignment in the Georgia Northeastern yard in Marietta.
BNSF GE's power a loaded phosphate train north
A Gevo lead Q041 zips by a grain train the the GNRR interchange.
Q583 rumbles south on a hot summer morning while Kennesaw Mountain is seen in the background.
