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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.
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HRT 8396 tied up across from the UGA powerplant
Title:  HRT 8396 tied up across from the UGA powerplant
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 10:32:47 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  508   Comments: 1
GP30 lightbulb
Title:  GP30 lightbulb
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 10:43:06 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  235   Comments: 0
HRT 3016
Title:  HRT 3016
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 10:49:50 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
GP30 heads on
Title:  GP30 heads on
Description:  I always liked how these things looked, be enough to scare anyone off the tracks with its 6 lights and that 5 chime horn!
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 11:09:33 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  658   Comments: 3
GP30 on noodle rails
Title:  GP30 on noodle rails
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 11:21:14 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  561   Comments: 2
HRT 3016 laying over across the street from the UGA power plant
Title:  HRT 3016 laying over across the street from the UGA power plant
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 10:19:49 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  501   Comments: 2
DRGW Stripes staring to come through.
Title:  DRGW Stripes staring to come through.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 10:27:03 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  559   Comments: 1
Athens Line power parked at Dairy Pak in the evening light
Title:  Athens Line power parked at Dairy Pak in the evening light
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2009  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 10:27:12 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30) HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
HRT 8396
Title:  HRT 8396
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2009  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 10:14:30 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  468   Comments: 2
Ex-Chessie geep rusting in the weeds
Title:  Ex-Chessie geep rusting in the weeds
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2009  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 10:18:05 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
Backing into the siding
Title:  Backing into the siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 6:07:04 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
Looking out the front door
Title:  Looking out the front door
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 6:07:05 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
BO 6525 under stormy skies
Title:  BO 6525 under stormy skies
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 6:07:08 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  707   Comments: 1
End of a long day of railfanning
Title:  End of a long day of railfanning
Description:  After a all day tour of area shortlines its back to Athens for a little stop at the hometown Athens Line. The GP30 reflects on the windshield of the foammobile, with important railfan essentials like scanner, drinks and google maps inside.
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 10:55:36 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
Tying up in Center
Title:  Tying up in Center
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:17:21 AM
Location:  Center, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30) HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  773   Comments: 3
Rumbling across the Oconee River trestle
Title:  Rumbling across the Oconee River trestle
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2009  Upload Date: 8/12/2009 8:02:03 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Bridge,InCab
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  730   Comments: 0
45 foot spine cars waiting to be hauled off for scrap
Title:  45 foot spine cars waiting to be hauled off for scrap
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2009  Upload Date: 9/16/2009 11:28:56 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  640   Comments: 0
45 foot spine cars waiting to be hauled off for scrap
Title:  45 foot spine cars waiting to be hauled off for scrap
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2009  Upload Date: 9/16/2009 11:31:54 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  781   Comments: 3
Branches hanging from a stored spine car
Title:  Branches hanging from a stored spine car
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2009  Upload Date: 9/16/2009 11:32:41 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  415   Comments: 0
HRT 3016 under stormy skies
Title:  HRT 3016 under stormy skies
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/13/2009  Upload Date: 8/13/2009 7:59:09 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
5 Pack just pulled from storage, now off to the scrapper
Title:  5 Pack just pulled from storage, now off to the scrapper
Description:  This set of TTX 45 foot spine cars show the effects of two years of storage in the bushes south of Watkinsville on the CofG. The obsolete cars have been left here till the next working day when the Athens Line will drag them for their final trip to Center where NS will take them somwhere to be scrapped.
Photo Date:  9/6/2009  Upload Date: 9/20/2009 7:10:47 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  389   Comments: 3
Chessie geep out to pasture on a beautiful fall day
Title:  Chessie geep out to pasture on a beautiful fall day
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:15 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
BO 6525 out to pasture
Title:  BO 6525 out to pasture
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:15 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  519   Comments: 1
Backing across East Campus Road
Title:  Backing across East Campus Road
Description:  Taken from public property while the train was in reverse before anyone says anthing
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:16 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
HRT 3016 idling at the UGA powerplant
Title:  HRT 3016 idling at the UGA powerplant
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/3/2009 2:33:37 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  270   Comments: 2
The beast waits on the hilltop
Title:  The beast waits on the hilltop
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:17 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  274   Comments: 1
Pulling the emptys across East Campus Road
Title:  Pulling the emptys across East Campus Road
Description:  41 years later. Athens Line pulls a string of emptys out from the UGA heating plant and across East Campus road. Compare to this shot from 1968 http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=52787&nseq=15
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/3/2009 2:49:02 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  320   Comments: 2
Crossing Barnett Shoals Road light
Title:  Crossing Barnett Shoals Road light
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:18 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Running light through Watkinsville
Title:  Running light through Watkinsville
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:07 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Running light through Watkinsville
Title:  Running light through Watkinsville
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:08 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  256   Comments: 2
Picking up storage cars
Title:  Picking up storage cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:09 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
HRT 8396 pulling out of the storage siding
Title:  HRT 8396 pulling out of the storage siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:10 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
Leaving town
Title:  Leaving town
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:11 AM
Location:  Watkinsville, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  277   Comments: 1
HRT 8396 rolling under the wooden bridge
Title:  HRT 8396 rolling under the wooden bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:12 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
HRT 3016 parked on the road
Title:  HRT 3016 parked on the road
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:13 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
HRT 3016 parked on East Campus road
Title:  HRT 3016 parked on East Campus road
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:13 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30) HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  331   Comments: 2
Smoking it up
Title:  Smoking it up
Description:  The two geeps crank it up to get rolling after picking up the coal hoppers from the power plant
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/3/2009 2:28:22 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
Crossing the College Ave bridge CofG bridge
Title:  Crossing the College Ave bridge CofG bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/3/2009 2:38:11 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
HRT 3016
Title:  HRT 3016
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:13:14 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30) HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  1196   Comments: 0
Two days after thanksgiving
Title:  Two days after thanksgiving
Description:  ...and the Christmas decorations are already up. Hartwell 8396 rolls north across the North Avenue bridge
Photo Date:  11/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/3/2009 2:31:19 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  155   Comments: 0
HRT 3016 riding solo LHF
Title:  HRT 3016 riding solo LHF
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 1:17:07 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
B&O 6525 getting a new generator and a new lease on life!
Title:  B&O 6525 getting a new generator and a new lease on life!
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 1:46:59 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  1656   Comments: 2
Shiney new generator
Title:  Shiney new generator
Description:  in all my years of railfanning, this is one of the most uplifting sights ive seen, so wonderful to see something you thought you would never see turn another wheel get a new lease on life.
Photo Date:  6/24/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 1:46:58 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  654   Comments: 1
Athens Line power resting at Paradise.
Title:  Athens Line power resting at Paradise.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 1:46:59 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10) BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
The Athens Line duo rest with a sole tankcar at Paradise Valley
Title:  The Athens Line duo rest with a sole tankcar at Paradise Valley
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 1:46:55 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10) HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  206   Comments: 1
Athens Line power glinting in the late evening light at Paradise Valley
Title:  Athens Line power glinting in the late evening light at Paradise Valley
Description:  Athens Line power glinting in the late evening light
Photo Date:  6/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 1:54:46 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30)
Views:  182   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 2:01:25 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  97   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 2:01:24 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  115   Comments: 1
BO 6525 getting put back together and back to work!
Title:  BO 6525 getting put back together and back to work!
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 2:01:28 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
BO 6525 back in business
Title:  BO 6525 back in business
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 2:01:26 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  291   Comments: 1

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