Eastern Railroad Discussion > A Twelve Pack At Austell

Thought I'd never see this many in these days of PSR in a 4 hour period.  Five years ago for sure. Arrived in Austell Georgia around 8:30am on Tuesday morning and departed at 12:30pm.  

The line up:
226 Shreveport, LA (UP ZLCAI / KCS IZLCAI) - Atlanta, GA daily................4 UP's 137 wells 64 wells to Whitaker
187 Macon, GA - Birmingham, AL daily....................................................6 NS motors 2 on line
223 Kansas City, MO - Atlanta, GA daily...................................................2 NS
361 Chattanooga, TN - Macon, GA daily...................................................2x1 NS
NS G88 Austell Whitaker, GA - Atlanta Inman, GA turn daily.......................2 NS
732 PRB Wyoming - GP Juliette, Georgia (as needed)................................2x2 BNSF 135 loaded western coal
188 East Point, GA - Detroit Oakwood, MI daily..........................................3 NS 78 MT auto-racks
370 Greenville, SC - Chattanooga, TN daily...............................................2x1 NS
G93 Austell Whitaker, GA - Atlanta Inman, GA turn daily..............................64 wells off NS 226
64Q Chicago Blue Island IL – Westover, GA................................................3 NS 1box 96 ethanol loads 1box
371 Chattanooga, TN - Greenville, SC daily................................................3 NS
177 Elkhart, IN - Macon, GA daily.............................................................2x1 NS 

Location NS H-Line North CP Austell MP 134.3H

#1. A short NS 223 southbound on main #1 

#2. NS 361 southbound on main #1

. ...more to follow...

 

Phil Maton
Villa Rica, GA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/20 03:45 by NSSpike.

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#3. PRB 135 load coal NS 732 southbound on main #1 

#4. BNSF DPU power NS 732
       NOTE: Go to this link to learn about this interesting piece of truck hardware.
         https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,5124708 

...more to follow...

Phil Maton
Villa Rica, GA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/20 05:03 by NSSpike.

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#5. NS G93 southbound loaded wells to Inman on run-around for points east  

#6. Northbound NS 188 solid empty auto-racks 

...more to follow...

Phil Maton
Villa Rica, GA

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#7. Southbound loaded Ethanol 64Q 

#8. Southbound NS 371 

#9. Location the Box Board Plant just south of CP England southbound NS 177  

Thanks for stopping by and always be safe when out track side!!! 

Phil Maton
Villa Rica, GA

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Phil:

Traffic levels on NS do seem to have rebounded. They are still recruiting conductor trainees in the Atlanta area.

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Phil, what's the focal length of your lens? That looks like a roller coaster!

Rmosele Wrote:
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> Phil, what's the focal length of your lens? That
> looks like a roller coaster!

A roller coaster it is. Most pics in this series at 135mm a few less then that.
#1. Here is one maxed out at 135mm of the coal drag but the engine heat blurs the shot. Taken west side of the tracks

#2. Second photo here better shows the "roller coaster" taken in June from the east side of the tracks.

Phil Maton
Villa Rica, GA

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Half a dozen trains coming off the North Atlanta District, in favorable light! Nice job Phil.

I never seem to have that much activity in such a short time period (unless it's against the sun).

Question ..  Are the loco's in notch eight coming up the hill ???

Great pics!!

Nice photos--really neat that you get so many different roads power.
Brian Stevens