A southbound Hartwell Railroad train crosses highway 123 as it heads south through Toccoa, Ga, headed for Bowersville, Ga.

Former CSXT 1973, still wearing it's Conrail colors (and with a little Penn Central paint showing through), leads a southbound off the Toccoa Wye. This photo marks the beginning of a chase to Bowe... (more)

A late-running 212 finds itself crossing the Tugaloo River on a beautiful November morning. The train has just crossed into South Carolina and is one step closer to it's destination, Croxton, NJ.

With an NS D9-40CW leading two UP engines, southbound manifest 153 crosses the breathtaking Wells Viaduct just south of Toccoa on a crisp fall morning.

Two of the Hartwell Railroad's Geeps take a rest on the wye just south of Toccoa. The Hartwell has an interesting fleet of locomotives, with all of them still bearing their previous owner's paint ... (more)

The high hood Southern Railway SD40 and 3 other EMDs are absolutely screaming as they fight to get their heavy local freight up the constant 1% grade at Park, three miles railroad north of Toccoa.... (more)

With the sound of the train echoing off the surrounding hills, NS 211 marches towards Atlanta as they cross the impressive Wells Viaduct trestle south of downtown Toccoa. This view, and the more e... (more)

In a scene that cannot be repeated, Southern Railway consolidation No. 630 ducks under the old intermediate signal bridge at Sage Street in downtown Toccoa during an Atlanta-Spencer ferry move in ... (more)

Exxx Penn Central, exx Conrail, ex CSX GP38, now HRT 1973 sits at the Toccoa Wye with HRT 3000, a former St Lawrence & Atlantic GP40-2.

NS 980 makes it's way northbound underneath a deactivated Southern Railway signal bridge with one high and wide load.

It seems as if the shots you don't plan are the ones that turn out the best. I was on my way to go shoot an Ex BN unit in Gainesville, and as I made my way into Georgia I kept thinking to myself "... (more)

A box of flowers bloom under the summer sun, while a newly painted SD80MAC leads manifest 154 though downtown Toccoa.

Norfolk Southern local P90 slides into South Carolina, crossing the Tugalo River, while part of the Blue Ridge Mountain chain looms in the distance.

NS train local P-35 leaves northbound from Toccoa.

Hartwell crews pull their abnormally long train across the switch on the north end of the Toccoa Wye with the former EJE SD38 on point. They are interchanging cars with NS here at the wye. These c... (more)