Logo
Atlanta Rails's Collection
 
4/5/2025
View Photos
Members
 
 
 
 
Viewing Album:  Athens Line Railroad
 
By:Atlanta Rails
Dates:6/2/2009 - 7/24/2010
Album Info:The Athens Line Railroad LLC is a shortline that operates the former Southern Athens Branch between Center and Athens, and the former Central of Georgia between Athens and Watkinsville. The railroad rosters a eclectic mix of older power: Former DRGW GP30 3016 in Hartwell Paint, former IC 8396 still in IC black, and best of all B&O 6525 in untouched Chessie paint.
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
HRT stopped while the crew fixes some crossing problems
Title:  HRT stopped while the crew fixes some crossing problems
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:26 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Title:  Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:30 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Title:  Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:34 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  106   Comments: 1
Athens Line Railroad Storage move pulling across Barnett Shoals Road
Title:  Athens Line Railroad Storage move pulling across Barnett Shoals Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:39 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  171   Comments: 1
Athens Line Railroad Storage rolling through Watkinsville
Title:  Athens Line Railroad Storage rolling through Watkinsville
Description:  Athens Line was up to their usual games again, this string had been pulled out from between Watkinsville and Center by the GP30, which pulled the train through town, after the head end was through, these units coupled onto the rear to shove the cut further towards Athens, after which the units were brought back to town and tied up to continue on another day.
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 1:48:15 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  194   Comments: 3
Shoving across Barnett Shoals Road in Watkinsville
Title:  Shoving across Barnett Shoals Road in Watkinsville
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:35 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Title:  Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:31 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  129   Comments: 1
Shoving the storage cars out of the way as the day comes to an end
Title:  Shoving the storage cars out of the way as the day comes to an end
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:33 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
HRT GP10 8396 shoving back through the Victoria Station subdivision
Title:  HRT GP10 8396 shoving back through the Victoria Station subdivision
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:41 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Title:  Athens Line Railroad Storage move
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:25 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  95   Comments: 1
8396 heading back to town light engines
Title:  8396 heading back to town light engines
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:29 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Running light back to downtown
Title:  Running light back to downtown
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:38 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Chessie B&O 6525, back from the dead.
Title:  Chessie B&O 6525, back from the dead.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 2:48:36 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  288   Comments: 2
HRT 3016/comes back into downtown to tie up for the night
Title:  HRT 3016/comes back into downtown to tie up for the night
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 7:27:33 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  158   Comments: 2
Coming back into town to tie up for the night
Title:  Coming back into town to tie up for the night
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2010  Upload Date: 7/23/2010 7:43:22 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  154   Comments: 2
Chessie 6525 posing with the big tree and some storage cars
Title:  Chessie 6525 posing with the big tree and some storage cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 6:15:32 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  191   Comments: 2
Rusted yellow
Title:  Rusted yellow
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 6:15:32 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  314   Comments: 2
Athens Line Railroad Family Portrait
Title:  Athens Line Railroad Family Portrait
Description:  The entire Athens line rosters sits in downtown Watkinsville. After several years of being out of service, B&O 6525 is back from the dead, with a new generator under the hood. After taking some storage cars to Watkinsville the day before the units were tied down where they would resume work later that day and then head back to Athens.
Photo Date:  7/23/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 6:15:24 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9) HRT 8396(GP10) HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  514   Comments: 3
Athens Line Railroad
Title:  Athens Line Railroad
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 6:15:35 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nitos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  97   Comments: 1
Uneven rails
Title:  Uneven rails
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 6:15:25 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  198   Comments: 2
Athens Line Railroad
Title:  Athens Line Railroad
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 6:15:30 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   Comments: 3
Chessie 6525 with the Watkinsville Water tower in the background
Title:  Chessie 6525 with the Watkinsville Water tower in the background
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 6:15:26 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9) HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  403   Comments: 3
Athens Line Railroad storage move coming past Sanford Stadium
Title:  Athens Line Railroad storage move coming past Sanford Stadium
Description:  Go Tech............
Photo Date:  7/24/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 8:17:43 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  415   Comments: 2
Athens Line Railroad storage move coming past Sanford Stadium
Title:  Athens Line Railroad storage move coming past Sanford Stadium
Description:  Go#Tech............
Photo Date:  7/24/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 8:17:20 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9) HRT 8396(GP10) HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  446   Comments: 1
HRT 3016 coming through a cutting just south of the Oconee River bridge
Title:  HRT 3016 coming through a cutting just south of the Oconee River bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:41 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  184   Comments: 1
Last train to Watkinsville?
Title:  Last train to Watkinsville?
Description:  It will be for a long time no doubt, as the conductor informed me that they were pulling ALL the storage cars out.
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:45 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  234   Comments: 2
Heading south to retrieve the storage cars
Title:  Heading south to retrieve the storage cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:56:58 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  220   Comments: 3
Pulling ALL the storage cars out
Title:  Pulling ALL the storage cars out
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:28 PM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10) HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
Storage move rounding the bend at Whitehall
Title:  Storage move rounding the bend at Whitehall
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:54 PM
Location:  Whitehall, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
HRT 8396 leading a storage move around the curve at Whitehall
Title:  HRT 8396 leading a storage move around the curve at Whitehall
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:58 PM
Location:  Whitehall, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  195   Comments: 2
HRT 8396 leading a storage move around the curve at Whitehall
Title:  HRT 8396 leading a storage move around the curve at Whitehall
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:49 PM
Location:  Whitehall, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  151   Comments: 3
HRT 8396 leading a storage move around the curve at Whitehall
Title:  HRT 8396 leading a storage move around the curve at Whitehall
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:11 PM
Location:  Whitehall, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  176   Comments: 4
Storage move cruising through the fields
Title:  Storage move cruising through the fields
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:20 PM
Location:  Whitehall, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10) HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  382   Comments: 1
HRT 8396 leading a storage move along Milledge Ave.
Title:  HRT 8396 leading a storage move along Milledge Ave.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:56:53 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  185   Comments: 3
HRT 8396 leading a storage move along Milledge Ave.
Title:  HRT 8396 leading a storage move along Milledge Ave.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:02 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  155   Comments: 1
Storage move along Milledge Ave on the old CofG
Title:  Storage move along Milledge Ave on the old CofG
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:15 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10) HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  517   Comments: 1
Athens Line storage move rolling across the big fill along East Campus Road
Title:  Athens Line storage move rolling across the big fill along East Campus Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:24 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
HRT 8396 leading a storage move through Athens
Title:  HRT 8396 leading a storage move through Athens
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:07 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
HRT 8396 catching a ray of light at the site of the old Cof yard
Title:  HRT 8396 catching a ray of light at the site of the old Cof yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:32 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
HRT 8396 under the "tunnel" in downtown Athens
Title:  HRT 8396 under the "tunnel" in downtown Athens
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:57:36 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  369   Comments: 3

Page 2 of 2
<-Prev 1 2

Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors		   Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net