Today’s Morning Trains NS Atl. North District Mableton / Austell Georgia 7.30.14

[NSSpike]

Unusually cool (60f) this morning for late July in the southeast.
South bound NS 734 BNSF5981, 8566 Mix of coal cars..  RWSX HYWX SAVX FURX & DEDX cars with DPU units BNSF9576 & 8965 at CP Mableton Georgia


South bound NS24E (DALLAS, TX (KCS IDAAT2) - ATLANTA,GA) with KSC4018 NS6945 & KCS4015 at Mableton Georgia Barnes Hardware Store off US 78


Amtrak 19 West bound ATK186 & 46 for the power and on time for a change!!!
 
North bound NS335 (MACON, GA - SHEFFIELD, AL) with UP7648 on the point. Rear of NS22N on #2 main on to the north end of the siding at Cobb


South bound NS22N (MEMPHIS, TN - ATLANTA, GA) holds the south end of the siding at Mableton with NS9409 & 9115 for power.


North bound empty Grain Train NS59Q with NS9733 & 8761

At Austell Georgia
NS220 DALLAS, TX (KCS IDAAT)- ATLANTA, GA at Powder Springs Road crossing as a signal maintainer repairs crossing gate the was damaged earlier this morning. Power was NS9292, a single unit on this very short train with only six cars.


South bound NS235 (?Heard the crew call this out and the dispatcher?)south bound on the runaround track NS2598 & 8873


NS290 (MCCALLA, AL - CROXTON, NJ) with NS9946 & 8849

NS I4E (ATLANTA, GA - DALLAS, TX (KCS IATDA2) KCS4129 off the East End into Austell Junction