57 loaded auto racks snake down the east side of Braswell Mountain on Kansas City to Jacksonville 285.
The light has just risen over the mountain on a beautiful (Gregorian) Easter morning. The In-laws celebrated 'Greek' Easter the following Sunday.
With 85 grain loads from Tipton, IN on the drawbar, 42G crests Braswell Mountain on its way to feeding the cluckers around Baldwin, GA.
“Atlanta North to 285, don’t know why it did you like that but going in and out at Aragon and Ollie, straight to the mountain and see 288 there.”
The S&A Heritage leading Jacksonville to Chicago intermodal 282 was icing on the cake of a great day on the mountain.
A first for me, extra Intermodal I2N has 52 wells of international doublestacks all from the International Intermodal Terminal in Huntsville, AL connecting in Atlanta and destined for vessels in S... (more)
Braswell Mountain was shut down for ~24 hours by fallen trees from a freak December 8th 2017 snowstorm that dumped 12". The resulting tree clearing a year later has opened up many new angles... (more)
It's easy to see why it's called Braswell Mountain as a one unit wonder with 58 cars snakes towards Atlanta.
A heavy manifest enters the double track, closing in on the summit of Braswell Mountain.
A pair of shiny EMDs hold back a Bellevue, OH-Macon, GA freight descending the 1.1% grade.
A Memphis to Atlanta intermodal descends the east side of Braswell Mountain.
An extra section of Memphis,TN - Atlanta,GA train 22N running as I2N descends the nearly 2% grade down Braswell Mountain behind solo NS C44-9W #9412. Norfolk Southern went on a tree clearing blitz... (more)
135 loads of Powder River Coal descends Braswell Mountain behinds the usual BNSF power.
NS #361 rolls onto double track at CP Finch as it climbs Braswell Mountain
BNSF SD70ACe's #8426 & #9281 leads 135 loads of Powder River coal up Braswell Mountain bound for Georgia Powers Plant Scherer.
