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Viewing Album:  Athens Wanderings 12-06-08
 
By:Atlanta Rails
Dates:12/6/2008 - 12/6/2008
Album Info:Today the weather forecast was supposed to be partly cloudy. Well when i got trackside, it was totally cloudy with little spots of sun here and there, soon those two vanished. The trains wernt biting either, after a 2 hours of staring at a red signal and listening to Y111's B40-8 idle, i decided it wasnt worth sticking around and i decided to go do some Railroad Archeology around the old Georgia Railroad yards, now totally gone. I had much better luck here and found a intact coaling trestle and some rails in the Armstrong and Dobb's lumber store that was once served by the Georgia RR athens branch. While i was exploring the abandoned stuff i heard a loud rumbling and looked towards the CSX line and caught a glimpse of some freightcars rolling over the Oconee River bridge, never fails, as soon as you leave the train comes. After finishing my explorations i decided to sit around a little longer and wait for Q194 before leaving.
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Athens Branch ROW, looking towards the site of the yard
Title:  Athens Branch ROW, looking towards the site of the yard
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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CofG-Sou wye remains
Title:  CofG-Sou wye remains
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:00:02 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Location of CofG- Southern Wye switch
Title:  Location of CofG- Southern Wye switch
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 6:36:33 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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CofG track behind Foundry St.
Title:  CofG track behind Foundry St.
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:31:09 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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abandoned coaling trestle in great shape
Title:  abandoned coaling trestle in great shape
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 5:17:55 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Overgrown and forgotten
Title:  Overgrown and forgotten
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:10:10 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Coal trestle from below
Title:  Coal trestle from below
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:05:11 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Abandoned coal trestle
Title:  Abandoned coal trestle
Description:  Along the CofG behind foundry street in Athens
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 5:25:43 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Under the coal trestle
Title:  Under the coal trestle
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:07:49 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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long abandoned coal trestle
Title:  long abandoned coal trestle
Description:  Along the CofG behind foundry street in Athens
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 5:29:47 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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location of hill track connector switch
Title:  location of hill track connector switch
Description:  a track once branched of to the left to conenct to the now gone SAL hill track
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:12:28 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Discarded cros}buck
Title:  Discarded cros}buck
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/12/2008 7:41:25 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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CofG siding North switch
Title:  CofG siding North switch
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:41:23 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Retaining wall
Title:  Retaining wall
Description:  One of the few reminders of the Athens Gas & Fuel Co.
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 2:46:11 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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W.M. Steedman Co
Title:  W.M. Steedman Co
Description:  The railroad heritage of thios building is readily evident, one spur served the loading docks in the front, and another dead ended in the corner where the two buidling meet
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 3:50:16 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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South end of the siding, looking towards broad st.
Title:  South end of the siding, looking towards broad st.
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:45:43 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Frog
Title:  Frog
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 6:40:46 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Crap track to the max
Title:  Crap track to the max
Description:  CofG line at Broad Street
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 11:53:44 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Old overpass over the CofG
Title:  Old overpass over the CofG
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:15:54 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Trackside warehouses at Broad St.
Title:  Trackside warehouses at Broad St.
Description:  Oconee St. overpass in the background
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 1:16:58 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Broad St. with new Condo's.
Title:  Broad St. with new Condo's.
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 4/1/2009 10:59:51 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Ancient ruins
Title:  Ancient ruins
Description:  Hard to believe trains once ran here, Bridge piers of the Oconee River bridge
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 11:32:43 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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View of Trestle from the northside
Title:  View of Trestle from the northside
Description:  Wilkerson Street in the foreground
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 2/7/2009 6:48:23 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Restrictive speed sign
Title:  Restrictive speed sign
Description:  This sign indicated a permament speed restriction of 10 MPH over the Oconee River bridge. Found at the end of the yard, right before the Oconee River bridge
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 11:37:24 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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GA RR Athens branch ROW looking south from Broad nt.
Title:  GA RR Athens branch ROW looking south from Broad nt.
Description:  The armstrong and Dobbs complex can be seen in the center of the picture
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 2/7/2009 5:17:36 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Old Georgia Railroad telegraph pole
Title:  Old Georgia Railroad telegraph pole
Description:  any reminders of the Georgia Railroad yard are hard to find, this was once a telegraph pole with 3 crossarms
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 12:24:36 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Trackside warehouse at the Broad St. Crossing
Title:  Trackside warehouse at the Broad St. Crossing
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 1:26:30 AM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Foundry Street
Title:  Foundry Street
Description:  up till the late 90's there were still rails in place on this street
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 5:15:47 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Athens Hardware loading dock
Title:  Athens Hardware loading dock
Description:  up till the late 80's CSX used to deliver Rebar to Athens Harware via the Hill track
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 5:24:10 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Where the Hill track entered foundry street
Title:  Where the Hill track entered foundry street
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 5:22:22 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Southern-CofG junction
Title:  Southern-CofG junction
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 11:54:22 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Q194 rolling past the depot area.
Title:  Q194 rolling past the depot area.
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 5:13:28 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Locomotives:  CSX 380(AC44CW) CSX 7744(C40-8W)
Views:  409   Comments: 1
tail end of Q194 crossing the Oconee
Title:  tail end of Q194 crossing the Oconee
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/6/2008 11:49:01 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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Sanborn map of the area, from the early 1900's
Title:  Sanborn map of the area, from the early 1900's
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Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 5:08:23 PM
Location:  Athens, GA
Author:  nikos kavoori
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