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  • CSXT 7253 GE CM44AC

    CSX Transportation CSXT 7253 and 7249 GE CM44AC two freshly painted rebuilds, leading CSX U738 north over the Etowah River on the W&A Subdivision in Cartersville, Georgia on September 17, 2021.

    The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a government-owned railroad (by the State of Georgia) and is currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

    It was founded on December 21, 1836. The city of Atlanta was founded as the terminus of the W&A, with the terminus marked with the Atlanta Zero Mile Post. The line is still owned by the State of Georgia from Atlanta to CT Tower in Chattanooga; it is leased by CSX Transportation.

    The W&A Subdivision is a railroad line leased by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Georgia. The line runs from Chattanooga to Marietta, Georgia for a total of 119.1 miles. At its north end, it continues south from the Chattanooga Subdivision of the Nashville Division and at its south end, it continues south as the Atlanta Terminal Subdivision.

    This line, originally built to 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge, is famous because of the Great Locomotive Chase, also referred to as Andrews’ raid, which took place on the W&A during the American Civil War on the morning of April 12, 1862. -From Wikipedia

  • CSXT 725 GE ES44AC-H

    CSX Transportation CSXT 725 GE ES44AC-H crossing over the Etowah River on the W&A Subdivision in Cartersville, Georgia on September 17, 2021. #LNHS

    The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a government-owned railroad (by the State of Georgia) and is currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

    It was founded on December 21, 1836. The city of Atlanta was founded as the terminus of the W&A, with the terminus marked with the Atlanta Zero Mile Post. The line is still owned by the State of Georgia from Atlanta to CT Tower in Chattanooga; it is leased by CSX Transportation.

    The W&A Subdivision is a railroad line leased by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Georgia. The line runs from Chattanooga to Marietta, Georgia for a total of 119.1 miles. At its north end, it continues south from the Chattanooga Subdivision of the Nashville Division and at its south end, it continues south as the Atlanta Terminal Subdivision.

    This line, originally built to 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge, is famous because of the Great Locomotive Chase, also referred to as Andrews’ raid, which took place on the W&A during the American Civil War on the morning of April 12, 1862. -From Wikipedia

  • KCS 4009 EMD SD70ACe

    Kansas City Southern, KCS 4009 EMD SD70ACe Saluting KCS Heroes leading NS 224 Extra on the Norfolk Southern Southern East District crossing over S75W in Huntingburg, Indiana on September 12, 2021.

  • KCS 4009 EMD SD70ACe

    Kansas City Southern, KCS 4009 EMD SD70ACe Saluting KCS Heroes leading NS 224 Extra on the Norfolk Southern Southern East District in Huntingburg, Indiana on September 12, 2021.

  • NS 911 EMD/NS SD60E

    Norfolk Southern, NS 911 EMD/NS SD60E HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum 2015 Railfest in Chattanooga, Tennessee on September 13, 2015.

  • Union Pacific Big Boy

    Union Pacific Big Boy 2021 Tour, as the big articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, was manufactured by the American Locomotive Company between 1941 and 1944. Heads north across the Big Muddy River in Aldridge, Illinois on August 26, 2021.

  • Union Pacific Big Boy

    Union Pacific Big Boy 2021 Tour, This was my last shot of the Big Boy as it heads north to St Louis crossing over the Kaskaskia River in Ellis Grove, Illinois on August 28, 2021. Check out the comments for a going-away shot and the small crowd that waited an hour and a half at this location due to the crowd at Chester.

  • Union Pacific Big Boy

    Union Pacific Big Boy 2021 Tour, I am sure that Engineer Ed Dickens is trying to make up time after a delay in Chester due to the crowd as the Big Boy cross over the Kaskaskia River in Ellis Grove, Illinois on August 28, 2021.

  • Union Pacific Big Boy

    Union Pacific Big Boy 2021 Tour, On August 27, 2021 the Big Boy 4014 backs the train into the Union Pacific yard in Poplar Bluff for the night.

  • Union Pacific Big Boy

    Union Pacific Big Boy 2021 Tour, Big Boy 4014 Engineer Ed Dickens looking ahead through (control point) CP JAX in Jacksonville, Arkansas on August 27, 2021.