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Viewing Album:  Athens, Ga wanderings 11-1-08
 
By:Atlanta Rails
Dates:11/1/2008 - 11/1/2008
Album Info:Pictures from the CSX Abbeville sub in Athens on the first of November. Locations include the Athens depot, the Oconee River bridge on North Ave. and Wynburn Avenue. Also included is some various railroad archeology.
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Two fallen flags
Title:  Two fallen flags
Description:  Seaboard Air Line and Conrail, both a apart of CSX. The Seaboard engravings have outlasted SCL, Family lines, and SBD, will they outlast Conrail as well?
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 5:54:29 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 5964(B40-8)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
battle scarred overpass
Title:  battle scarred overpass
Description:  The old SAL overpass has done battle with many trucks and bears the scars from it, i wonder what the trucks looked like afterwards!
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 11:05:36 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Coal trestle bumper
Title:  Coal trestle bumper
Description:  No this is not just a pile of backlit crap, thats actually the remains of a Coal trestle.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 9:05:32 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Southern Wye trestle chopped in half
Title:  Southern Wye trestle chopped in half
Description:  Apparently the bridge was hit by a truck and was removed to improve clearance on this road.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 8:54:38 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Southern Wye trestle chopped in half from the top
Title:  Southern Wye trestle chopped in half from the top
Description:  The bridge seemed to be removed with intents that it could be later restored if needed, all rails are still intact, and the center metal span is still on the ground to the left (out of the picture) with rails still in place.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 11:19:23 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Central of Georgia, still going strong
Title:  Central of Georgia, still going strong
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 6:28:22 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Views:  203   Comments: 1
CofG College Avenue trestle
Title:  CofG College Avenue trestle
Description:  This trestle once formed a leg of the CofG-Southern Wye, the switch was located approximately where that white house is.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 11:37:07 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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New development and old trestle
Title:  New development and old trestle
Description:  I must say impressed with this new development, they managed to keep the industrial nature of the area intact and even left the abanoned railraod ROW's, now i just hope no one tries to make any no horn ordinances because of all these new developments.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 9:13:08 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Seaboard in the AC era.
Title:  Seaboard in the AC era.
Description:  Though the Seaboard Airline is now part of the huge corporation known as CSX, traces can still be found almost 50 years later.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 5:37:05 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 213(AC44CW)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
CSX 4543 thunders over the pickups
Title:  CSX 4543 thunders over the pickups
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 6:09:43 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 4543(SD70MAC)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
YN3 SD50
Title:  YN3 SD50
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 6:18:10 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 8529(SD50-2)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
CSX 8117 we meet again.
Title:  CSX 8117 we meet again.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 6:22:22 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 8117(SD40-2)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Ex-PC hopper
Title:  Ex-PC hopper
Description:  What i can assume to be CR red is peeling off to reveal PC turquoise beneath
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 10:24:11 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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CSX tie gons
Title:  CSX tie gons
Description:  Its been ages since ive last seen one of these.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 10:57:45 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Seaboard System Rail flat
Title:  Seaboard System Rail flat
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 10:49:49 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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C&O rail flat
Title:  C&O rail flat
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 10:53:08 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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North Ave trestle, north end
Title:  North Ave trestle, north end
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 11:49:57 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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North Ave trestle, looking north
Title:  North Ave trestle, looking north
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 11:58:44 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Views:  131   Comments: 0
CofG North Avenue Trestle
Title:  CofG North Avenue Trestle
Description:  College avenue splits from a 4 lane road into a divided highway, with a grassy hill in the center, until 2000 i would have been standing under the SAL Hill Track trestle.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 11:38:44 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
North Ave trestle from track level.
Title:  North Ave trestle from track level.
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:10:49 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
North Avenue Trestle
Title:  North Avenue Trestle
Description:  Its hard to believe such a rural scene is right by downtown athens
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 8:20:27 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Bridge through a trestle
Title:  Bridge through a trestle
Description:  THe SAL Oconee River bridge is framed by the CofG North Ave trestle
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 11:40:38 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Remnants of the Hill Track trestle
Title:  Remnants of the Hill Track trestle
Description:  The brick abutments once supported the trestle, a wooden retaining wall for the trestle can be seen above in the foliage.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 11:42:39 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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39 years later
Title:  39 years later
Description:  A comparison to 1968 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=55320&nseq=47 THough shot from the other side of the bridge, he picture clearly show the change, the Hill track bridge is gone,the trees have grown in, Atleast the CofG bridge is still there
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 10:14:52 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Views:  162   Comments: 0
Cut track switch
Title:  Cut track switch
Description:  Great Walton, always one to squeze the most out of their property has shoved stored cars cars on every unused siding, not a bad way to make money for a line with so few customers.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 1:00:00 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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CofG diamond derails.
Title:  CofG diamond derails.
Description:  Derails protect the CofG - SAL diamond since the signals were removed. The long ties on the right were for a dead end siding that ended at the North Ave bridge.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 10:44:06 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories:  Track
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
Central of Georgia Crossing
Title:  Central of Georgia Crossing
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 8:59:52 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Long abandoned Gainesville Mindlan/Seaboard Air Line turntable pit
Title:  Long abandoned Gainesville Mindlan/Seaboard Air Line turntable pit
Description:  The turntble used to sit in the triangular area between the Hill and Cut tracks and the CofG/SAl diamond.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 8:44:48 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Turntable pit
Title:  Turntable pit
Description:  Sorry for the very poor image quality, the pit was so overgrown it was hard to get any shot at all.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 12:06:59 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Central of Georgia Crossing: Northbound signal
Title:  Central of Georgia Crossing: Northbound signal
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 7:11:49 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Cut and Hill track switch removed
Title:  Cut and Hill track switch removed
Description:  The Cut track used to be the interchange track between NS and CSX, when NS sold the line to the Athens Line RR, the interchange was stopped, for a few years more the track was used to store power laying over for the night. Eventually CSX decided it was not worth the money to keep the switch in and power is now stored at Pulaski Street.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 12:03:29 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Concrete base to the CofG diamond signal
Title:  Concrete base to the CofG diamond signal
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 10:58:05 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Ultra overgrown Hill track
Title:  Ultra overgrown Hill track
Description:  The Hill Track used to be SAL's access to the vast downtown industrial district, by the late 80's it was down to a single customer, the Athens Hardware store. Several years after they gave up rail service the Hill track bridge was removed, after that the track was used for power storage until the switch was cut a few years ago, the track is now isolated and unused.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 12:08:06 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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HRT 8396
Title:  HRT 8396
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 6:29:08 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Poor Chessie
Title:  Poor Chessie
Description:  Just a year ago this engine was chugging around town hauling cars for the Athens Line railroad, now it sits forlorn among the tall grass, coupled unceremoniously between some boxcars. Lets hope this is just temporary and not the end for one of the last Chessie painted units.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 6:02:12 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  482   Comments: 1
Desolate Geep put out to the pasture
Title:  Desolate Geep put out to the pasture
Description:  Yellow boxcars and yellow geeps, rusting in a field of thick grass.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 11:56:09 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  BO 6525(GP9)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
Athens Line power resting in Paradise Valley
Title:  Athens Line power resting in Paradise Valley
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 6:00:41 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  HRT 3016(GP30) HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  637   Comments: 4
Dull geep under the bright foliage.
Title:  Dull geep under the bright foliage.
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 11:52:14 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  HRT 8396(GP10)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
Southbound crossing the Oconee
Title:  Southbound crossing the Oconee
Description:  This wouldve been the best shot of the day but it was out of focus, PS helped some with the sharpening though.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 5:56:31 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 5431(ES44DC)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
CSX Southbound mixed freight crosses the Oconee River.
Title:  CSX Southbound mixed freight crosses the Oconee River.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 5:25:38 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 5431(ES44DC) CSX 8439(SD40-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
CSX 7919
Title:  CSX 7919
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 6:41:50 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 7919(C40-8W) CSX 8439(SD40-2)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
If only the shot of the power came out as good...
Title:  If only the shot of the power came out as good...
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 10:30:41 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Freight train reflection
Title:  Freight train reflection
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 10:11:09 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Chase park Concrete plant
Title:  Chase park Concrete plant
Description:  The last remaining rail customer in the Chase Street Industrial park
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 9:51:40 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Q194 heads north past Wynburn Street.
Title:  Q194 heads north past Wynburn Street.
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 5:31:02 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 459(AC44CW)
Views:  263   Comments: 1
CSX 5351
Title:  CSX 5351
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 9:33:58 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 5351(ES44DC)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Weathered crossbuck glints in the late afternoon sun
Title:  Weathered crossbuck glints in the late afternoon sun
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 12:05:10 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Views:  283   Comments: 0
Stop Stupidity, Look before you cross the tracks, Operation Lifesavers new slogan?
Title:  Stop Stupidity, Look before you cross the tracks, Operation Lifesavers new slogan?
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Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 8:03:52 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
Sunset for the old chase street spur
Title:  Sunset for the old chase street spur
Description:  This track is in its last days, aleady the joint bars have been taken off and the rail will be lifted soon.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 12:11:31 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Sunset for the old chase street spur
Title:  Sunset for the old chase street spur
Description:  This spur onced formed a wye with the Georgia railroad tracks by Oneta street, in recent years it has served as storage, now CSX is removing it and simplifying the track layout so there is one less switch to maintain.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 9:28:48 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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