CSX's Nashville, TN to Rocky Mount, NC freight M583 ambles its way through Elberton, GA on a scorching hot day after the 4th of July. In tow is the Georgia Railroad heritage unit, the first sighti... (more)
An SCE&G coal train passes a crane used to move rock. Elberton is the "Granite Capital of the World", claiming to produce more granite than any other city.
On a bright, beautiful Sunday afternoon, Ex Amtrack hopper cars sit in Elberton, Ga on long since abandoned trackage. The weekend had been especially interesting and exiting for me because I got t... (more)
In a setting that looks more like an urban industrial area, NS 1065 creeps into the small town of Elberton on the point of CSX Q614-09.
NS 1065 leads CSX Q614-09 down grade just south of Elberton, Georgia.
NS 1065 struggles up the hill as it leads CSX Q614-09.
In a scene that looks more like Wisconsin branch line railroading, than in Georgia, an un-touched ''Zito Yellow'' GP9, works on a Hartwell Georgia Job out of Royston, as three bulkhead flats are s... (more)
A Southern FIESTA in the woods! CSX Q619-06 is seen hitting a patch of light in a tunnel of trees before ducking under the GA 72 bridge I'm standing on! Leading is my first KCS Southern Bel... (more)
CSX Q619 rolls past the Whitlow Electric company in Elberton. The town has managed to sustain a healthy industrial base due to the granite industry in the area.
At one time both the SAL and the Southern (Built as the the Elberton Air Line served the town of Elberton, known as the Granite Capitol of the World. The Elberton Air line track through town fell ... (more)
CSX Q614 with two C40-8's on the point passes the SAL station in Elberton. Its rather surprising that Elberton, the self proclaimed "Granite capital of the world" does not have a granite depot, se... (more)
