An unusual afternoon Marietta - Tate freight works through Noonday nearing the Cobb/Cherokee County line south of Woodstock.
Georgia Northeastern Railroad GP20 #316 shoves three loaded marble hoppers towards the switchbacks on the Marble Hill Branch which was built by the Georgia Marble Company in the late 1800's.
The only turbo-charged unit on the roster, a ex-Great Northern GP20 leads four normally aspirated motors and 32 CSX hoppers of corn. Due to the grades, 65 car grain trains are split in half for t... (more)
The topic of backwoods shortline railroading finds the GNRR Tate Local with it's three empties behind GP20 316 and three loads on the bottom in Marble Hill. The crew prepares for a shove before sp... (more)
GNRR GP20 316 shoves three loads towards the switch backs on the Georgia Marble Branch. This is true backwoods railroading.
Georgia Northeastern GP20 #316 & GP38 #2000 switch shuffle a cut of soy hoppers at the Pilgrims Pride feed mill.
An afternoon Georgia Northeastern northbound is seen passing by the farm at Blackwells in an unincorporated area just outside Marietta. A former Great Northern GP20 & former Santa Fe GP38 pull the... (more)
After setting off a few cars at Canton, the Georgia Northeastern's second northbound of the day splits through a very desolate industrial compound near downtown. Some evening thunderstorms were br... (more)
Georgia Northeastern GP20 #316 & GP38 #2000 brings 19 cars north through Woodstock,GA on the old L&N Hook & Eye line. This was the second northbound of the day which was a rare event.
With a nineteen car train in tow, a former Great Northern Railroad GP20 leads the Georgia Northeasern's second northbound train of the day through busy downtown Woodstock. The train is running adj... (more)
Georgia Northeastern GP20 #316 sits at the small yard at Elizabeth waiting for Monday morning to arrive.
An ex Great Northern veteran EMD leads a 40+ car freight north on the way to Tate
The northbound road train to Tate makes its way through the town of Woodstock behind an assortment of EMD products
468 miles to Louisville by the way of L&N's 'Hook & Eye' Line. Long gone are Alco RS3's and FA's hauling freights but you can still find a nice variety of older EMD locomotives on the Georgia Nort... (more)
With Kennesaw Mountain in the background, a GP20/GP9/GP38/GP20 consist lug a 41 car freight out of Elizabeth on their way north to Tate.