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Pro-railroad newspaper in rural Appalachia |
| Description: |
Bet they love trains, considering their office is made from two boxcars!! |
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1/1/2000 Upload Date: 1/26/2011 9:31:26 PM |
| Location: |
Marshall, NC |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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Look honey, we got a/c now! |
| Description: |
Redneck engineering gives engineer a/c! Gas generator and wall unit combined! wtf??? |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:13:49 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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Yard |
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East of end of yard |
| Description: |
CPL signals highlight entrance to east end of Roanoke |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:10:51 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
Cycle Systems loco |
| Description: |
Unknown loco at recycling yard. Anybody know what this is ??? |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:12:03 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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CSSX 2907(GP30) |
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1256 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Roanoke Yard and shops |
| Description: |
Single engine awaits duty at NS shops as last traces of snow slowly vanish |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:17:57 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Pickup probably worth more than loco |
| Description: |
Note climate control solution at top left!! |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:15:59 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Engines wait under shed |
| Description: |
Power was hooked to passenger coaches |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:28:20 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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NS 3064(GP40-2) NS 5647(GP38-2) |
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462 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power sits at old roundtable |
| Description: |
Locos sit near shops |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:20:10 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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Yard |
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289 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gutted shells of engines on trailers (skinned locos) |
| Description: |
WTF??? Never seen this before in 20 years. What are these used for? training? |
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1/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/3/2011 6:31:17 PM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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Yard |
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337 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
HMCR works south past drifts |
| Description: |
Note unusual crossing signal at left, looks like traffic light! |
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1/4/2011 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 6:42:12 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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HMCR 8933(SW9) |
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806 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dude takes his chances with approaching train |
| Description: |
Hope he doesn't get stuck between the rails. (pulled out of woods in front of loco & photog!) |
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1/14/2011 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 6:15:22 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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HMCR 8933(SW9) |
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1079 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
Local passes snow covered neighborhoods |
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1/14/2011 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 6:42:24 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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HMCR 8933(SW9) |
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706 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
HMCR passes abandoned spur to plant |
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1/14/2011 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 6:42:39 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
HMCR 8933(SW9) |
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685 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local passes old switch |
| Description: |
Cars have been cutoff prior to switching at "south yard" |
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1/14/2011 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 6:42:53 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
HMCR 8933(SW9) |
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650 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Cold job this weekend |
| Description: |
CSX local Y103 tranfers cars to NS yard amid snow and ice--brrr! |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/2011 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 6:15:02 PM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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CSX 2743(GP38-2) |
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539 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SQVR GP7 waits the call to duty |
| Description: |
Ex-Yadkin Valley GP sits behind US Gypsum plant |
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1/29/2011 Upload Date: 1/29/2011 6:30:05 PM |
| Location: |
Bridgeport, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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SQVR 201(GP7) |
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521 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex-Yadkin Valley GP gets some sun |
| Description: |
Roster shot of old GP |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/2011 Upload Date: 1/29/2011 6:31:15 PM |
| Location: |
Bridgeport, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
SQVR 201(GP7) |
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435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Track obstruction |
| Description: |
Tree down just north of Kendrick Switch Road |
| Photo Date: |
2/26/2011 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 8:55:41 PM |
| Location: |
Flintstone, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the line |
| Description: |
View looking north of tracks removed at old TAG MP 10.3 |
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2/26/2011 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 8:54:58 PM |
| Location: |
Eagle Cliff, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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345 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tracks removed |
| Description: |
State Highway 193--rails removed, asphalt added. Bye Bye TAG |
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2/26/2011 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 8:55:11 PM |
| Location: |
Eagle Cliff, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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371 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of line southward view |
| Description: |
That's NOT a headlight way down the tracks. Just north of "Cenchat" |
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2/26/2011 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 8:55:19 PM |
| Location: |
Eagle Cliff, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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336 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Weeds taking over |
| Description: |
Ga/Tenn state line MP 5.5 |
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2/26/2011 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 8:55:31 PM |
| Location: |
Chattanooga, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
HMCR heads towards home as it crosses a creek |
| Description: |
Huntsville-Madison County RR SW9 pulls cars after switching plant south of town |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/6/2011 8:15:15 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
HMCR 8933(SW9) |
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779 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
HMCR heading through the woods |
| Description: |
Late afternoon light shows off spring foliage on mountainside |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/6/2011 8:15:37 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
HMCR 8933(SW9) |
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591 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
HMCR 8923 last formal portrait |
| Description: |
SW9 poses while awaiting the cutters torch |
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5/30/2011 Upload Date: 6/3/2011 2:14:16 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
HMCR 8923(SW9) |
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483 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
HMCR 8923 prime mover awaits the torch |
| Description: |
Two days later and she's all but gone |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/2011 Upload Date: 6/3/2011 2:14:31 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
HMCR 8923(SW9) |
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708 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Today's Lesson: Wrong place to walk the dog |
| Description: |
Woman takes hound for walk in tunnel. Glad no trains were around or things might have gotten ugly. |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/2011 Upload Date: 7/13/2011 10:48:02 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Spring, WV |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GNRR loco pulls Blue Ridge Scenic excursion along old L&N territory |
| Description: |
Blue Ridge RR southbound excursion crosses the Toccoa River as it returns to Blue Ridge |
| Photo Date: |
9/24/2011 Upload Date: 9/26/2011 9:10:11 PM |
| Location: |
McCaysville, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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GNRR 2000(GP38-2) |
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389 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
630 poses in Knoxville before her ill-fated trip |
| Description: |
It's 9 a.m. and 630 is fired up and ready to go |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:10:00 PM |
| Location: |
Knoxville, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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537 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
630 blows off some steam before leaving her passengers |
| Description: |
630 blows down her boiler as she heads into the Coile siding minus her coaches |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:17:35 PM |
| Location: |
Coile, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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226 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old & new power meet |
| Description: |
4:38 p.m. Local T41's GP38s have arrived to bring the passengers to their destination. That's Casey filming in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:41:11 PM |
| Location: |
Coile, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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NS 5512(GP38-2) |
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357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A GeeP takes command |
| Description: |
Having relieved an older sibling, 3242 prepares to pull her new consist south, but only a few miles with this crew. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:41:45 PM |
| Location: |
Coile, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
630 & her tenders sit alone |
| Description: |
Just before 5 p.m. and 630 waits to see her train pulled away by much younger power |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:42:16 PM |
| Location: |
Coile, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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269 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Excursion rolls south under new power |
| Description: |
It's now 5:10 p.m., almost 8 hours since Knoxville, and our train is still 40 miles from Grand Junction |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:42:42 PM |
| Location: |
Riceville, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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274 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling along the shore in Farragut |
| Description: |
630 rolled by this Tennessee River backwater at 10:23 a.m. with no hint of trouble |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:11:00 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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591 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Tenn River at Loudin |
| Description: |
Over the river at 11:28 a.m. Train has just had its first stop just north of here. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:12:26 PM |
| Location: |
Loudon, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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565 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
630 races along after her second delay |
| Description: |
630 heads past a house north of Philadelphia. It's 12:18 p.m. and she has traveled less than 35 miles |
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11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:13:08 PM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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606 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stopped again in Sweetwater siding |
| Description: |
2 p.m. and 630's bearing has heated up again. She's now stuck between the switches and a coal train is coming |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:13:55 PM |
| Location: |
Sweetwater, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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466 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Up close and personal with a steam engine |
| Description: |
A TVRM worker extricates himself from the bowels of 630 during her 3rd stop of the day |
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11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:14:27 PM |
| Location: |
Sweetwater, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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661 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Chugging past the Niota Depot at 2:40 p.m. |
| Description: |
This is the last photo of 630 in action Monday. In less than an hour she'll be ordered off the mainline. |
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11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:15:55 PM |
| Location: |
Niota, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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447 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crew gets their portrait taken |
| Description: |
In one of trip's lighter moments NS photog Casey Thomason films the crew. Why not? Their engine is down anyway. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
Coile, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
TVRM 630(2-8-0) |
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621 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Excursion meets coal train |
| Description: |
630 and friends watch the pusher of an empty coal train pass by at Sweetwater Siding |
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11/14/2011 Upload Date: 11/15/2011 8:04:27 PM |
| Location: |
Sweetwater, TN |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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NS 8076(ES44AC) |
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338 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power waits at GC shops |
| Description: |
A trio of U-boats wait the call to duty. These locos will pull"a freight to Dublin the next day. |
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12/26/2011 Upload Date: 1/1/2012 5:01:28 PM |
| Location: |
Lyons, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cruising past some old rails |
| Description: |
GC freight passes some old rail sections as it heads west. Tracks at extreme right are HOG (Heart of Georgia) and go to Cordele. GC drops stacks from Savannah near here for pickup by HOG crew and haul to Cordeme. |
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12/27/2011 Upload Date: 1/1/2012 5:06:49 PM |
| Location: |
Vidalia, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
GC 3912(U23B) |
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497 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GC freight heads west |
| Description: |
U-Boats pull a mixed freight towards Dublin gnd, after a crew change, Macon. |
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12/27/2011 Upload Date: 1/1/2012 5:03:53 PM |
| Location: |
Lyons, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
GC 3912(U23B) |
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429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound GC heads through the woods |
| Description: |
U-boat power is bathed in afternoon light as it passes a private crossing while heading towards a meet with its westbound counterpart. |
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12/27/2011 Upload Date: 1/1/2012 5:17:51 PM |
| Location: |
East Dublin, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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924 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
U-Boat pack meets for crew ciange & power swap |
| Description: |
GC crewman guides three U-boats toward a coupling with the westbound train they will take to Macon. At right, power that came from Lyons & Savannah waits to couple to eastbound train (brought by locop at left) it will take to Lyons/Savannah. Confused yet?? |
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12/27/2011 Upload Date: 1/1/2012 5:11:01 PM |
| Location: |
East Dublin, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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298 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ga. Southern local grinds up a hill south of town |
| Description: |
Geep smokin it up on a tough haul uphill. Check out the lousy track ahead! |
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12/28/2011 Upload Date: 1/2/2012 10:03:23 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Valley, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PREX 2053(GP20) |
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1316 Comments: 12 |
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| Title: |
Ga. Southern RR locos pose in the sun |
| Description: |
Train GS1 switches in the NS yard at Fort Valley |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/2011 Upload Date: 1/2/2012 9:58:00 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Valley, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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| Locomotives: |
PREX 2053(GP20) |
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611 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Geeps pull tanks to industrial park south of town |
| Description: |
Local GS1 pulls a cut of tanks towards the Peach Industrial Park |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/2011 Upload Date: 1/2/2012 10:00:35 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Valley, GA |
| Author: |
William Martin |
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PREX 2053(GP20) |
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582 Comments: 1 |
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