CSX loaded coal train N016-15 crawls up the grade into Emerson,GA behind SD40-2's #8462 & #8350, AC4400CW #130 & ES44AC #3308. This train normally would have gone through Birmingham but due to a d... (more)

A Nashville bound freight train sits waiting on the mainline for a local job to clear up at the yard a few miles ahead in Cartersville, as the evening sun begins to fade away.

A non-DPU train of 110 Duke Power hoppers drags out of the Etowah River Valley.

A leased SD40-2 leads the Northbound string of Autoracks around the high curve.

A pair of Canadian National units power a Southbound ethanol train over the high fill on the old Western & Atlantic tracks.

An empty South Carolina Public Service Authority coal train from Cross, SC snakes through the Appalachian Foothills as it heads back to Evansville, IN for loading on the Evansville Western RR.

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train departed Atlanta, Georgia for the last time on March 6, 2017 at 14:45 after completing it's closing shows which consumed the prior two weeks.... (more)

A southbound ballast train weaves through the curves and splits the signals at North Emerson.

A trio of Norfolk Southern engines power the Nashville bound CSX freight train over the old Western & Atlantic sub on a cold & windy afternoon in Dixie.

An Atlanta bound freight train powers over the fill, as it moves South over the old Western & Atlantic Sub on a mild winter day in Dixie.

Q042 soars above the Etowah River as it approaches Cartersville on the W&A Subdivision.

An Atlanta bound freight train powers over the old Western & Atlantic road bed on a mild winter day in Dixie.

A pair of CSX GE's bring empty ethanol train K446 across the Etowah River with some recent snow on the ground. The next day I shot this same pair of engines bringing a loaded coal train south.

CSXT SD60 #8709 leads southbound CSX loaded autorack train Q211 on a high fill just south of the Etowah River as it grinds upgrade over Allatoona Dam Road approaching Emerson, Georgia, milepost 45... (more)

Due to a prolonged drought, the fall colors a subdued with dark brown and yellow being prevalent, where any color is present at all.