Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. A 23 car empty grain train basks in a ray of sun as it closes in on the CSX interchange at Elizabeth. I hate clouds, but they sure do look nice in th... (more)
Job 102 from Tate to Elizabeth crosses over the recently expanded US-41 overpass.
A former Kennecott Copper locomotive hauls a special train of long aluminum beams from Universal Alloys requiring two idlers, along with a couple of empty coil steel cars picked up en-route at Pac... (more)
With a solo Tier 4 EMD on the point, K811 rolls south through Marietta's version of "Horn Alley" as it heads for Florida. To the right is the Kennesaw House, where Andrew's Raiders spent... (more)
GNRR's Tate to Elizabeth road freight is running early, with a Blue Ridge Scenic GP18 in the lead of 26 cars.
Truck traffic juxtaposes a Patriot Rail Columbia & Cowlitz motor working industries on the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, in the busy suburbs of Atlanta, GA.
One of our favorite photos of the day... horses complimenting solid GNRR power with the dual control stand 9708 leading, it's recently repainted handrails standing out.
A grain train on Monday threw off the entire schedule, making for a short Friday turn to Pilgrims Pride with 6 cars of soybeans. The south end of the Georgia Northeastern is quite different from ... (more)
After serving Dow Chemical, the local crew heads back to Elizabeth with 8 empties behind them.
The Local crew gets ready to pull out some tank cars for Dow Chemical.
After serving the Coca-Cola bottling plant, the crew of 3804 heads back to the main with 2 empty tank cars behind them.
After hitting up Brandi's to get my fix in before the end of the year, I noticed the 3804, a former Southern Pacific GP38, was working the yard in Elizabeth. Here, it & the crew can be seen pickin... (more)
A trio of aging Canadian National GE's bring CSX ethanol train K421 up the grade past Kennesaw Mountain on a hot summer morning.
CSX coal drag N100 approaches North Elizabeth in Marietta, Georgia in September 2004. The 700 series SD70ACs would later be renumbered. (Slide Scan)
A faded but functional Yellow Nose II painted leader holds Q211 back as it drops down the grade from Kennesaw Mountain, seen behind the locomotives.