A face only a locomotive builder could love... the faded pug nose of a CSX SD70ACe gets the job done, pulling carload freight up the grade at Kennesaw. There is still snow on some of the freight ... (more)
After waiting for a northbound Q141 to pass, military train W860 accelerates onto the stretch of single main from here to Marietta at milepost 26 on the W&A sub. This photo is dedicated to Dillon ... (more)
Q127 drags upgrade with a freshly repainted C44-9W leading. The headend pigs will be deramped in Jacksonville in less than 24 hours, while the rear will be available on the FEC in Miami Tuesday M... (more)
After voting in the afternoon (no lines by that point), I had some free time. CSX wasn't very busy, but I was able to catch one southbound. The most prominent fall color in Georgia is brown, due... (more)
History... a CSX freight passes through Kennesaw, formerly known as Big Shanty. Big Shanty was where the 'Great Locomotive Chase' began on the Western & Atlantic RR. To the right is the Southern M... (more)
The last train of the day... exactly 3 hours before my Wedding, a detouring Chicago, IL/BRC to Waycross, GA train snakes upgrade towards Kennesaw Mountain. This train is detouring around both UP ... (more)
A JacMac coal train takes my mind off pre-Wedding jitters as it passes Q54025 at Kennesaw, GA. This train is heading to Georgia Power's Jack MacDonough Power Plant in Atlanta... I could see its s... (more)
In a photograph only possible during the longest days of Summertime, Q582 is snaking downgrade into Kennesaw, GA. The obelisks of Kudzu to the left of the train are actually telegraph poles that ... (more)
Q142 rolls through an S-Curve as it skirts the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield, where one of the deciding Civil War Battles was fought during Sherman's Atlanta Campaign on his "March to the... (more)
After meeting two northbounds here at CP Day, this SD40-3 gets a clear signal to head south from the W&A Sub into the Atlanta Terminal among some remaining fall foliage.
Holding at south end of double track; paint on the nose could use some work!
Flag display due to museum housing Civil War "General" locomotive ("Great Locomotive Chase") just out of picture to right.
