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| Title: |
Leaving Southover Yard |
| Description: |
Another freight leaving Southover Yard at Savannah, Georgia and passing Staley Avenue |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1985 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 5:14:19 PM |
| Location: |
Savannah, GA |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8003(SD40-2) |
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627 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Spartanburg Sub Action |
| Description: |
Me and my friend John Parker out chasing Trains along the Spartanburg Sub. He was driving, and I was shooting. This is Train 690 led by SBD 8024. We are just north of Clarkes Hill, SC. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/1985 Upload Date: 8/16/2011 1:04:42 PM |
| Location: |
Clarkes Hill, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8024(SD40-2) |
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866 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coming up Snead's Hill |
| Description: |
Another Train struggles up over Sneads Hill on the Spartanburg Sub at Evans, Georgia. This route has since been renamed the McCormick Sub and has been upgraded with Signalled Islands to help speed the Trains along. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1985 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 12:29:10 AM |
| Location: |
Evans, GA |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8059(SD40-2) |
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820 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Monster Power Move, Train 690 |
| Description: |
Train 690 is diverging onto the Columbia Sub at Central Junction with a Monster Power move enroute to Augusta and Spartanburg. No CSX Paint yet, but soon. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1985 Upload Date: 4/6/2011 3:56:35 PM |
| Location: |
Savannah, GA |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8059(SD40-2) SBD 8092(SD40-2) |
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3466 Comments: 23 |
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| Title: |
Monster Power Move, Train 690 |
| Description: |
Northbound Train ready to depart Southover Yard in Savannah, Georgia. This is the same Train that would later pass Central Jct enroute to Augusta via the Columbia Sub. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1985 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 2:22:14 AM |
| Location: |
Savannah, GA |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8059(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
648 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Port Royal Sub Action |
| Description: |
Port Royal-Augusta Local Train arrives at Yemassee, SC and will head west to Augusta after picking up some Cars. It is Summer, 1984 and SBD has posted a notice of their intent to abandon the Branch to Port Royal. I have been documenting as many Trains as possible. At this time, I do not know that the Railroad is being sold. Service would continue with the SC Ports Authority. The Train is about to cross one of three Diamonds here in Yemassee. They would be removed in less than a year as they would no longer be needed. The Local will still operate from Augusta, but will begin running north to Charleston. The heavy SD40-2 was somewhat unusual on the Branch, as the Rail was light. But I saw an SD45 on the line one time as well. |
| Photo Date: |
8/14/1984 Upload Date: 4/11/2011 5:39:43 PM |
| Location: |
Yemassee, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8092(SD40-2) |
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828 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
The Local |
| Description: |
Augusta-Port Royal Local arrives at Yemassee, SC. The Train will drop off some cars before heading east to Beaufort and Port Royal. It is the Summer of 1984 and I am trying to get as many Pictures here as possible. The line to Port Royal is up for abandonment, so I am documenting operations here. The line will be sold however, and service will continue. It was somewhat strange to see the big SD units operating on the branch here. The rail was quite light. Later, the line was upgraded west to handle more traffic. |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1984 Upload Date: 8/31/2011 3:19:48 AM |
| Location: |
Yemassee, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8128(SD40-2) |
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776 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Port Royal Sub Action |
| Description: |
A lone SD40-2 and Caboose passes Coosaw, SC enroute to Yemassee after a layover at Port Royal, SC. The Train would often return empty to Yemassee. Today there are penty of cars to pick up before heading west back to Augusta. Yemassee was a big interchange point at one time. It is early January, 1985 and soon the line will be the property of the SC Ports Authority. The line will continue to operate until November 2003 when the Port is shut down. Sadly, the trackage was removed late in 2010. The SAL once crossed here at Coosaw as well. All that remains today are a few Signal bases. It is a "Ghost Railroad Crossing" now. Sorry for the poor quality of the Photo. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1985 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 6:54:13 PM |
| Location: |
Coosaw, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8147(SD40-2) |
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715 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Port Royal Sub Action |
| Description: |
The Local passes Coosaw, SC and is heading to Yemassee. There is nothing here today at this location. The Line was shut down here in 2003 and the Tracks were torn up in late 2010. The former SAL Savannah-Charleston-Hamlet Freight Route once crossed here as well. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1985 Upload Date: 8/31/2011 6:03:53 PM |
| Location: |
Coosaw, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8147(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
718 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Port Royal Sub Action |
| Description: |
The Local is heading west to Yemassee from Beaufort and passing Sheldon, SC. I am standing on the US 17 overpass |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1985 Upload Date: 8/31/2011 6:15:43 PM |
| Location: |
Sheldon, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8147(SD40-2) |
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662 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching |
| Description: |
The Local has arrived at Yemassee, cut off the Caboose, and begins assembling the cars to take west to Augusta. It is a busy morning here as 3 Trains are working at the same time!! |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1985 Upload Date: 8/31/2011 6:26:49 PM |
| Location: |
Yemassee, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8147(SD40-2) |
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581 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Local |
| Description: |
Having finished its work, the local is now leaving Yemassee and is enroute to its next stop just a few miles west on the Robbins Sub. This route was later qenamed the Augusta Sub after it was upgraded to handle more traffic. I am standing on an old Overpass that had been closed. It was demolished a short time later!!! |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1985 Upload Date: 8/31/2011 7:00:32 PM |
| Location: |
Yemassee, SC |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8147(SD40-2) |
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692 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
West Route, Blossum Jct. |
| Description: |
SBD 8187 pauses at Blossum Jct. with a southbound freight. this is the former SAL mainline, now known as the West Route of CSX. At this time, the Everett Sub south of Ogeechee is still in service, but the end was very near. I was told all Trains were rerouted to the A Line in November of 1985. Today mostly Pig trains, Coal Trains, and Amtrak run here. Freights use the A Line v ia Southover Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1985 Upload Date: 4/11/2011 4:27:56 PM |
| Location: |
Savannah, GA |
| Author: |
Eugene Cain |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8187(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
524 Comments: 3 |
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