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5/2/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Great Walton
Model:EMD GP9Built As:BO 6580 (GP9)
Serial Number:24364Order No:5568
Frame Number:5568-9Built:1/1958
Notes:ex-B&O
Other locos with this serial:  GRWR 6580(GP9) BO 6580(GP9) GWRR 6580(GP9)
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Last morning in Covington
Title:  Last morning in Covington
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:04 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
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Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  1065   Comments: 0
Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Title:  Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Description:  upon arriving we found that the last run would not start till later in the afternoon, so we took some shots of my homemade banner in the morning light
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:07 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Power waiting in the weeds for the last run
Title:  Power waiting in the weeds for the last run
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:08 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Title:  Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Description:  With the crew on hand at 11:14 AM, I hang my homemade sign to the railings for the last run.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:10 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  764   Comments: 1
Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Title:  Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:11 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  696   Comments: 0
Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Title:  Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:12 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Interior of the GWRR GP9 6580
Title:  Interior of the GWRR GP9 6580
Description:  Pretty much as built, including the pull cord horn.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:13 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  1742   Comments: 1
Passing over the Dried Indian Creek trestle for the final time
Title:  Passing over the Dried Indian Creek trestle for the final time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:15 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  850   Comments: 0
GWRR 6580 rumbles off the Dried Indian Creek Trestle as it heads to pickup storage cars
Title:  GWRR 6580 rumbles off the Dried Indian Creek Trestle as it heads to pickup storage cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:16 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Coupling onto storage cars on the Porterdale lead
Title:  Coupling onto storage cars on the Porterdale lead
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:18 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Title:  First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:18 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Title:  First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Description:  CSX interchange track can be seen in the background
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:19 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
A small crowd has gathered to watch the final run of the Covington Branch.
Title:  A small crowd has gathered to watch the final run of the Covington Branch.
Description:  From left to right, Bradley, David Stewart and Freddy Frank. I rode down here with David Stewart and we were expecting to be the only ones that witnessed the event, but a few other railfans came out to pay their respects to the line before it was too late.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:20 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  1065   Comments: 6
pulling cars past the switch and through the field
Title:  pulling cars past the switch and through the field
Description:  Though it looks like just a grassy field, i found out the wrong way that a little ditch in the field was filled with knee deep liquid mud, thankfully the camera came out ok but i probably destroyed my shoes.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:21 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Shoving back to the interchange, the final move has begun
Title:  Shoving back to the interchange, the final move has begun
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:24 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  371   Comments: 5
The roar of 567's rattles the neighborhoods of Covington for the last time
Title:  The roar of 567's rattles the neighborhoods of Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:25 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
Smoking it up through the tree tunnel
Title:  Smoking it up through the tree tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:26 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
Backing up on rough track
Title:  Backing up on rough track
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:27 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
This is the end, my only friend, the end.
Title:  This is the end, my only friend, the end.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:28 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
Over 100 years of operation coming to an end
Title:  Over 100 years of operation coming to an end
Description:  And with one final bark of the 567's, over 100 years of rail operations on the Covington branch come to a end.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:29 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
The switch is lined for the last time, and the CSX power backs on
Title:  The switch is lined for the last time, and the CSX power backs on
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:30 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
CSX power backing up, thats the last id see of my sign
Title:  CSX power backing up, thats the last id see of my sign
Description:  The CSX crews removed the sign to connect the MU cables, I hope someone saved it.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:32 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Train is coupled and ready to move
Title:  Train is coupled and ready to move
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:32 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) GRWR 6580(GP9) CSX 8610(SD50-2) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
CSX 8128 leads the funeral train out of town
Title:  CSX 8128 leads the funeral train out of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:03 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) CSX 8610(SD50-2) HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  888   Comments: 0
Rolling out of Covington for the last time
Title:  Rolling out of Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:02 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
Dragging the Great Walton power to the interchange
Title:  Dragging the Great Walton power to the interchange
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:05 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
567's get 20 cars rolling again
Title:  567's get 20 cars rolling again
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:06 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
Lets roll!
Title:  Lets roll!
Description:  The two 567 powered beasts put on a show that Social Circle has probably not seen since the Georgia Railroad era as they smoke and roar past the depot
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:07 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
Great Walton power passing the depot
Title:  Great Walton power passing the depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:08 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Give it up, give all you got
Title:  Give it up, give all you got
Description:  The geeps put out a cloud of smoke that can be seen from miles as they tackle the hills and dales of northeast Georgia
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:09 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  488   Comments: 3
Great Walton meet!
Title:  Great Walton meet!
Description:  In a scene that hasnt happened in a long while, the Covington train notches up as it passes the Monroe train. Once the Covington train is passed, the 6555 and 4537 will follow it to Monroe
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:11 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6555(GP9) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  393   Comments: 1
Covington power backing across route 11
Title:  Covington power backing across route 11
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:17 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
HRT 8395
Title:  HRT 8395
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:23 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
GRWR 6580
Title:  GRWR 6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 11:46:41 AM
Location:  Monroe, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Dust and smoke, i love backwoods railroading
Title:  Dust and smoke, i love backwoods railroading
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:38 PM
Location:  Monroe, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  122   Comments: 1


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