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[ December 19, 2024 ] Amtrak Awards Contracts to Advance Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project Amtrak
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[ December 19, 2024 ] FRA Issues Final Rule to Strengthen Freight Car Safety Standards to Help Protect America’s Rail Network and the Public FRA
[ December 18, 2024 ] Dozens of Rail Teamsters Ratify Contracts Miscellaneous
[ December 18, 2024 ] Amtrak Completes Early Construction Activity for Susquehanna River Bridge Project Amtrak

Tracking the Decapods: Winder, Ga.

August 31, 2006 Todd DeFeo

Gainesville Midland No. 208, built by Pennsylvania-based Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930, has been on display since 1959.

An Interesting Read at The Washington Times

July 4, 2006 Railfanning.org

Check out this offering, “Daring robbery of Winchester mail train.”

July 2006 Cross-Tie

July 3, 2006 The Cross-Tie

The July 2006 edition of The Cross-Tie is now available. To view this month’s issue, click here.

The Railfanning Review is Now Here

June 27, 2006 Railfanning.org

You can now podcast the lastest railfanning news by clicking here or by searching railfanning in iTunes. Enjoy.

Attention Railfans, BNSF Wants You

June 24, 2006 Railfanning.org

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) is recruiting rail fans to help keep BNSF properties safe by reporting suspicious activities and to help prevent possible security breaches.

Train Video From Winder, Georgia

June 23, 2006 Railfanning.org

Check this out: I shot this video a couple days ago while I was in Winder, Ga. (The video is about 3.4 MB) Click here to read about the city’s railroad history.

That Wasn’t a … Was It?

June 22, 2006 Todd DeFeo

It never fails. There I was standing inside a building no more than 50 feet away from the railroad tracks when the sound of a freight train breaks the evening silence.

Driving down the Atlanta Highway

January 13, 2006 Railfanning.org

One of the great things about commuting regularly between Athens, Ga., and Winder, Ga., is the fact that the road runs parallel to the CSX main line. As such, I often bring my camera to catch some railfanning action.

Side Tracks

March 20, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Short-line rail companies continue to carry their weight on routes that otherwise might have been abandoned.