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Albany Fire Station No.1 overlooks the NS Dothan-Albany secondary main as it runs through the middle of the street one block over. This was one of the settings for the movie "Fireproof" and the NS branch can be seen in several cuts as the fire trucks res |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:23 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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GFRR 9459 sits with mate in the service track at Albany. The sand tower dates back to G&O Railway ownership, and is similar to one found in Enterprise on the Wiregrass Central RR. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:21 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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GFRR 9459(GP40-2LW) |
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GFRR 9636 poses for a roster shot at the GFRR headqarters in the former SAL-CSX yard, now GFRR base of operations |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:16 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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GFRR 9636(GP40-2LW) |
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HATX 517 shows its old B&M blue under patched ad worn Guilford colors. This unit has been with the GFRR since it took over operations from G&O Railway, some fifteen plus years! |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:20 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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HATX 517(GP40-2) |
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GFRR MofW truck, trailer and backhoe staged and ready for the day's work. The ex UP truck proves GFRR is committed to maintaining its railroad. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:25 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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GFRR MofW truck side view at Albany. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:44:51 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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GFRR boxcars sit on open air RIP track . Note the yellow and black wheel truck parked in the open lot. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:25 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Sign on headquarters building at GFRR Albany Yard. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:26 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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GFRR units wait for the call to duty in the yard at Albany in Sept 2010 |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:21 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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GFRR 9636(GP40-2LW) HATX 517(GP40-2) |
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NSSX 200208 sits with several other Top Gons loaded with old cross ties, likely for burning by a cogeneration plant for fuel. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:29 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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NS 7045 is the yard switcher at the NS Albany Yard in Sept 2010 |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:30:29 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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NS 7045(GP50) |
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Wide out shot of north end of NS Albany Yard with road train power tucked out of the way in the yard ladder. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:28 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Another wide out shot of the north end of Albany yard. You can see the beginning of a grain train sitting on the bypass main and inbound outbound tracks. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:25 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Southern Railway era railcar running repair barn at Albany. Note the boxcar turned tool shed in what was the parts storage area. The repair shop was closed and abandoned in place in the late 1990s and is now used for roadway materials storage. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:30 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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An overview shot of the bottom side of the old CofGA Albany engine service area. Fuel stands and sand hoses straddle one trackd, with two holding tracks on the left and the Dothan line main on the right. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:18 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Another shot showing the tank car turned sand storage, the stand for the sanding tower and the old steam era sand drying furnance which sits in the foreground. The cast iron fuel storage tank can also be seen. The Dothan branch main curves off the the r |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:19 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Another detail shot of the old abandoned service area with the Albany Heritage Center in the background. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:19 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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The old diesel fuel storage tank still sits behind fencing that is now full of overgrowth and a few trees. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:31 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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The old stores shop and pump house slowly sucumb to the wiles of nature as overgrowth claims the area once again. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:32 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Boxcar turned tool shed at the service area. this was one of three, two located around the car repair shed and this one across the access road from the sand drying house. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:31 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Detail of remainder of sand and fuel stands in the service area with the Dothan main in the foreground and the display railcars at the Heritage center in the background. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:16 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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CofGA and Southern Railway rarely wasted anything. Here a forty foot dome tank car was concerted to act as a storage bin for locomotive sand. A similar car was used in the Columbus, GA yard, but the dome was removed and covered with a sheet plate. |
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The cars in the background are part of the Heritage display. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:24 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Shot of the sand drying funance, still intact after many years of disuse. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:23 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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NS 208690 is a track maintenance truck assigned to the NS yard in Albany |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:45:22 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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Road power sits in a holding track off to the side of the north ladder tracks in the NS Albany Yard. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/24/2010 12:26:42 AM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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NS 9112(C40-9W) NS 6098(SD40-2) |
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SCL 11759 is a 40ft car and part of the display of railcars and steam locomotives at the Albany Heritage Center. This was shot from the abandoned diesel service area tracks. |
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10/1/2010 Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:47:33 PM |
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Albany, GA |
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Hank Stephens |
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