No buds yet, but winter is loosening it's grip on North Georgia as another NS train crests Braswell Mtn.
23N curves through the middle of nowhere, exactly where I was happy to be after a long week at work.
Recently reinstated train 347 is back to running Chattanooga, TN to East Point, GA... as a 2 x 54 freight x 1 x 62 autorack land barge.
With it's train stretched over the summit, 23N throttles down for the transition into dynamics for the 1.2% descent into Rockmart, GA.
Memphis to Savannah intermodal 26Q is about half way through it's trip to the Atlantic.
Braswell Mountain is amazing. Get it before the bushes & trees grow back.
The Erie heritage SD70ACe leads NS intermodal train #223 by Finch working its way up Braswell Mountain.
With 159 cars and 2 mid-train DPU's, this gigantic Macon, GA to Chattanooga, TN is precision scheduled railroading approved as it catches the first rays of sun cresting Braswell Mountain.
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Virginia? Pennsylvania? Kentucky? Nope, just 35 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta, GA.
With CAT & Komatsu dimensional loads up front, 175 has no problem getting to the top of the mountain.
Southbound manifest #177 takes track 2 at Finch as it climbs Braswell Mountain
A new NS SD70ACe #1219 leads train #175 up the grade and onto double track at Finch as they climb Braswell Mountain near its namesake town.
The Southern heritage ES44AC leads NS 23N down Braswell Mountain on its way north along the former Southern Atlanta - Chattanooga mainline.
A pair of EMDs lead a SB autorack train over the Braswell Mountain summit during the biggest snowstorm I've seen in the southeast in my lifetime.