Weekly Update 7-30-09

Well i finished my first semester at Georgia Tech and returned to Athens this Tuesday, so this will, be a rather short report.

David is currently MIA somewhere in Ohio so there will be no report next week unless he gets back.

Site Updates

Not much work on the actual site, my return to Athens made me feel like working on AthensRails. I have started a tour of the Atlanta Terminal (both CSX and NS) but its nowhere near complete at the moment.

I have also added a safety page to the main “about” page. Safety is often one of the biggest questions that railfans have about visiting Atlanta so i thought it was best to address that. I have also introduced the safety rating system on that page that will be used on Line tours.

Foreign Power update

A good bit of foreign power on the rails this weekend, though i missed what should have been the catch of the week. NS 220 was supposed to have a TFM SD70MAC leading on Sunday July 26th but despite waiting from 7 AM to after 12 i never caught the train, most likely it got through Bolton before daylight as Amtrak was running 4 hours late.

KCS 4024 leads NS 220 past the new signals at Bolton

A solid set of UP power passing through Bolton

Conrail Update

Just one sighting this week.

A SD60I trailing southbound on the Piedmont Division at Chamblee