Normally an empty repo symbol, today NS 27W is an uncommon 59 loads of Toyota's from Blue Springs, MS coming off BNSF at Birmingham, exporting through Georgia Port Authority in Brunswick, GA. A n... (more)
One of the Tweety Birds crosses a full Chattahoochee River with an extra train of export Mercedes. A week earlier the river level was somewhere between my feet & knees.
Running over a short section of KCS track as symbols AMTK0102 & MSANO01, Amtrak's Sunset Limited #1 crosses the Neches River and meets a UP San Antonio to New Orleans freight.
Georgia red clay and a nicely decorated bridge add some color to this photo.
With a short train, I was only able to get this second photo due to MOW causing a slight delay.
After picking up 2 loaded scrap gons from new customer CMC Recycling, the Belton Job gets back underway to Honea Path.
With 57 rapid dump hoppers of petroleum coke, a yard job traces a circuitous route from Motiva's Refinery to the Pabtex Marine Terminal for export.
It's still possible to be surprised in this age of information. Other than the yard tracks in the foreground, the Grinstein Green SD70MAC with intact BNSF nose logo is the oldest railroad element... (more)
Train 221 changes from timetable South to North for a couple hundred feet before ducking into its terminus at Inman Yard. The Goat Farm Arts Center is behind the lead unit, originally built to pr... (more)
The GoRail unit brings New Orleans-Atlanta 298 the last mile into the Atlanta Terminal and Inman Yard.
Charlotte-Nashville Q580 rolls through Coca-Cola curve with a bright pair of YN2 AC4400CWs.
After meeting manifest 154-20, intermodal 213 is crossing over to pass 153-20. Today's 213 was short and fast, making for a difficult chase.
Using a pair of nodescript de-rated CSX B40-8s, the Pickens Anderson Job pulls 14 empties from Michelin U.S. 8 Plant, which produces semi-finished rubber for US tire plants, including 2 located in... (more)
Chattanooga to Macon freight 361 passes recently re-named State Farm Arena as it takes a left turn down the NS Griffin District.
NS was nice enough to cap off our day on the Chicago Line with some color to brighten up the drab, snow-less winter landscape.
