Got a late start this morning and missed about 4 trains before I could get down to Austell Junction and Mableton
NS 220 (DALLAS, TX (KCS IDAAT)- ATLANTA, GA) south bound on the Georgia Div. double tracks, #2 main line at Mableton Road crossing
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NS 22N (MEMPHIS, TN - ATLANTA, GA) south bound on the Georgia Div. double tracks, #2 main line at Mableton Road crossing
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NS 215 (CHICAGO, IL (LANDERS) - ATLANTA, GA) working # 4 IMF track at Whitaker Yard
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NS 215 (CHICAGO, IL (LANDERS) - ATLANTA, GA) south bound on the "run-around" track at CP Austell
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NS 169 (CONWAY PA. - BIRMINGHAM AL) holding the Winston siding / AMTK 19 (New York – New Orleans) west bound. 169 is turning out to be a morning train west bound out of Atlanta
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Whitaker IM Yard Expansion Work
For the second time since this yard was opened expansion work is underway. All rails laid in 2000 were on wood ties. This set of tracks will be on steel ties.
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Catch of the day Heritage Unit Lehigh Valley NS 8104
NS 153 (LINWOOD, NC - BIRMINGHAM, AL) west bound at CP Taylor MP675.5
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Rolling into down town Temple on the siding
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West bound on to the main line at CP Temple MP677.5
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A good ending for the month of May!!!