Georgia Action

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Northbound passing under the road bridge at Lula. Date of photo approximate.

A trio of pig boats handles a northbound bare table train on the W&A. Date of photo approximate.

A former L&N/Family Lines SD40-2 leads a leased Santa Fe C30-7 on a northbound hopper train at Smyrna on the W&A. Date of photo approximate.

It must be a CSX operating rule that the locomotive in the rattiest-looking paint shall be placed in the lead. Date of photo approximate.

Northbound on the W&A, a home road unit leads two former N&W SD35s leased from EMD. CSXT 8151 was delivered in Family Lines paint as SCL 8151. Date of photo approximate.

Northbound empty hopper train on the W&A. CSXT 8343 was originally Clinchfield 3009. Date of photo approximate.

Three former Seaboard System SD50s handle a northbound hopper train on the W&A. Date of photo approximate.

GP50 handles a southbound Roadrailer train at Baxter, GA on the GS&F. Date of photo approximate.

Southbound manifest rides high on a kudzu-covered fill on the W&A north of Emerson, GA. CSXT 2125 was originally C&O 4825, later became HATX 118, TFM 1155, HLCX 1155, Kansas & Oklahoma 1155. Date of photo approximate.

Southbound mahifest leans into the superelevation at the north end of Emerson on the W&A. CSXT 2125 was ex-C&O 4825, later became HATX 118, TFM 1155, HLCX 1155, KO 1155. Date of photo approximate.

Interesting combination of color schemes on a southbound grain train at Dalton. Date approximate.

Southbound on the Fitzgerald sub crossing the NS diamonds at Cordele. Date of photo approximate.

Three flavors of SD40-2 on a southbound coal train. CSXT 8128 was originally Clinchfield (Family Lines paint) 8128. Date of photo approximate.

Southbound loaded coal train on the Fitzgerald sub. CSXT 8206 was originally L&N 3578, part of the last order of SD40-2s delivered in L&N paint. Date of photo approximate.

Southbound rack train at Cordele. CSXT 8441 was originally UP SD40 3114, rebuilt to SD40-2 by Morrison-Knudsen 6/2/90. Date of photo approximate.

Former N&W GP38AC leads this northbound on the GS&F district between Sparks and Osgood, GA. Date of photo approximate.

A former N&W SD40-2 leads this southbound at Mineola on the GS&F district. Date of photo approximate.

A pair of NS SD60s heads north with intermodal and empty pulpwood racks. Date of photo approximate.

Train 229 heads south through Cordele. Date of photo approximate.

A nearly new GP60 leads the southbound Roadrailer through Cordele just after daybreak. Date of photo approximate.

Local freight heads compass east/railroad north on the Bow Line at Valdosta, GA. CSXT 1921 was originally SCL 323. Date of photo approximate.

Old and new (at the time) GEs team up on CSX train R549 at the diamonds of Cordele. CSXT 3259 was originally L&N 2730. Date of photo approximate.

Two GEs and two EMDs southbound on the Fitzgerald sub. Date of photo approximate.

A quartet of GEs handle a southbound auto rack train on the Fitzgerald sub. CSXT 5937 was originally NYS&W 4048. Date of photo approximate.

Southbound autorack train R213 at the diamonds of Cordele. CSXT 6097 was originally B&O 4198. Date of photo approximate.

NS 330 on the Suwannee River bridge at Fargo, GA. Date of photo approximate.

Northbound freight crosses the Suwannee River at Fargo on the GS&F district. Date of photo approximate.

A GP60 handles a southbound Roadrailer train at Cordele. Date of photo approximate.

NS local freight G63 northbound at Ashburn with an SD40-2/C30-7 combination. Date of photo approximate.

NS train 210 northbound near Osgood behind an SD50 and two U23Bs. Date of photo approximate.

Action at Austell with NS 3308 leading an intermodal to Chattanooga while Amtrak's "Crescent" heads for Atlanta behind a pair of then fairly new Genesis units. Date approximate.

Southbound NS tonnage at the south end of Juliette. This siding has since been extended south to the switch into Plant Scherer. Date of photo approximate.

A pair of Conrail motors southbound with pigs and racks on the NS at Cordele.

Here's the prototype for those Helium tank cars that Lionel used to sell. In the consist of NS train 330 at Sycamore.

NS train I45 on the GS&F district between Tifton and Valdosta.

Southbound on the Dothan sub near Iron City, GA.

Local A614 with woodchip loads heads in on the siding as empty coal train N106 holds the main at NE Lilly on the Fitzgerald sub.

NS train 199 near Cordele has a visitor from Florida in its consist.

Local power at Manchester. CSXT 2161 was originally L&N 4031, was later rebuilt to slug CSXT 2338.

A northbound freight approaches the depot for a crew change as local power looks on.

Local power at Manchester. CSXT 6550 was originally B&O 3775.

Northbound coal empties on the Atlanta South district near Locust Grove.

Local power at Cordele. CSXT 6794 was originally WRA 706.

CSX train Q213 with autoracks bound for Tampa, FL at Cordele on the Fitzgerald sub.

Northbound at Juliette on the Atlanta South District. My notes say that this is train G98, can that be right?

NS train 210 northbound on the GS&F district.

NS train 152 northbound on the GS&F district at Mineola.

EMDs handle a work train on the GS&F district. NS 6089 was originally N&W 6089.

Local freight G82 gets underway out of Fort Valley on the former CofG.