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6/17/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Splitting the boards
Title:  Splitting the boards
Description:  A westbound NS stack train rolls between the new PTC signals just east of the split at Austell with a set of older power, including a once front line GP 60.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:27:23 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3455(SD40-2) NS 7103(GP60)
Views:  421   Comments: 1
Horses on the run
Title:  Horses on the run
Description:  A pair of stack trains, each with a pair of NS units, meet east of Austell.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:21:51 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 3455(SD40-2) NS 7103(GP60)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
Eastbound, older power
Title:  Eastbound, older power
Description:  An eastbound stack passes my positon with an SD 40-2/GP 60 combination.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:28:53 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  478   Comments: 3
Gaining speed
Title:  Gaining speed
Description:  An eastbound stack rolls 66 platforms toward Atlanta, viewed down a long tangent near Austell. The progression of signal aspects is evident in this long view. The near signal shows advance approach(Y/Y/R), leading to the next signal, showing approach(Y/R). After that, out of sight, is a red over red. In a few seconds, this train will meet UP 8148 west.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:16:27 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  525   Comments: 1
Meeting the UP
Title:  Meeting the UP
Description:  Eastbound stack train behind a pair of NS units meets a westbound with UP power.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:20:09 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60) UP 8148(ES44AC-H)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
Bearing down
Title:  Bearing down
Description:  Eastbound stack train rolls into the curve as it bears down on Atlanta.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:24:48 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  523   Comments: 1
Through the grapes
Title:  Through the grapes
Description:  HAN 1 rolls west under I 90 and past the vineyards as it makes its way to Chicago and a western connection behind an Operation Lifesaver GP 60.
Photo Date:  9/1/1993  Upload Date: 1/13/2015 11:29:01 PM
Location:  North East, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7140(GP60)
Views:  976   Comments: 0


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