CLC #3810 takes some empty hoppers to Whitestone to be loaded

LONGVIEW WA May 24 1984 — Columbia & Cowlitz C-415s CLC 701 and CLC 702 idle at the Weyerhauser facility. Fellow railfan Greg Hall and I headed up to my sister's in Vancouver WA for a week's wor... (more)

The afternoon job caught switching duties at Marietta this afternoon, with a matched set of Patriot Rail motors seen crossing over US-41 returning to the yard.

A United Alloy Corp special, handling specially extruded aluminum bound for Auburn, WA to be used in Boeing jet airplanes.

Another batch of extruded aluminum airplane parts is headed for Boeing's all the way in Washington.

CLC GP38-3 #3804 leads its train past the kudzu at Ball Ground, GA 10/6/20.

CLC GP38-3 #3804 leads its train through Ball Ground, GA and the 1923 Masonic Hall 10/6/20.

The Tate - Marietta road train passes by some fall colors north of the Toonigh siding

A big 37 car GNRR Tate - Marietta southbound meanders into Holly Springs.

The second southbound of the day eases to a stop as they prepare to work Foundation Building Materials. CLC #3804 was built IN 1979 as SSW GP40-2 #7653.

CLC GP38-3 #3804 and train have been recrewed and are passing the Canton Textile Mill 10/7/20. The crew will run light to Marietta Road, pick up a load and switch out Venture Commodities before c... (more)

CLC GP38-3 #3804 and train runs through Georgia Marble at Nelson, GA 10/6/20. Loads from the Marble Hill branch and from Whitestone were combined at Tate, along with the CLC 3804.

CLC GP38-3 #3805 leads a train from Whitestone to Tate at Talking Rock, GA 10/6/20. The L&N "Hook and Eye" got its name from a switchback "hook" here, until a realignment. I ... (more)

CLC #3810 and company shuffle grain empties around at the Pilgrims Pride feed mill at Univeter. Soon the power will run around its train and head south to Marietta.

In an unusual move, an empty grainer picked up 2 empty coil cars from Pacesetter Steel Services, avoiding a 4 mile shove. Also unusual of late has been vehicular traffic, but an accident to the s... (more)