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Setting up cables and yokes for the heavy lift. The three pieces of the stamping press weighed in at 94 metric tons each.
Title:  Setting up cables and yokes for the heavy lift. The three pieces of the stamping press weighed in at 94 metric tons each.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:17:42 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Another headend view of the cranes and loads in the West Point woodyard
Title:  Another headend view of the cranes and loads in the West Point woodyard
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:17:55 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Cranes swing second high wide over to the lowboy in West Point woodyard
Title:  Cranes swing second high wide over to the lowboy in West Point woodyard
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:20:46 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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A746 shoves its train into the north end of West Point siding, preparing to run around the train to spot the loads at the West Point Woodyard
Title:  A746 shoves its train into the north end of West Point siding, preparing to run around the train to spot the loads at the West Point Woodyard
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:18:13 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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A745 rolls by the south end of West Point siding with high wide loads, dragging ad flapping plastic wrapping in tow and shredded by the wind and tie down cable tails.
Title:  A745 rolls by the south end of West Point siding with high wide loads, dragging ad flapping plastic wrapping in tow and shredded by the wind and tie down cable tails.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:18:32 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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The short A746 local roars by the remains of Lanett Mill as Georgia Power trucks look on.
Title:  The short A746 local roars by the remains of Lanett Mill as Georgia Power trucks look on.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:18:52 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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a 19 axle heavy duty lowboy waits for a call to duty hauling steel press frames to a Kia supplier
Title:  a 19 axle heavy duty lowboy waits for a call to duty hauling steel press frames to a Kia supplier
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:19:29 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Second high wide rolls out of the woodyard with fleet of police chase cars
Title:  Second high wide rolls out of the woodyard with fleet of police chase cars
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:35:30 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Tractor pulling lowboy as it swings onto the Interstate access at Cusseta, AL
Title:  Tractor pulling lowboy as it swings onto the Interstate access at Cusseta, AL
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:36:25 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Rigging worker on rear of lowboy uses hydraulic controls to steer the trailer around corners
Title:  Rigging worker on rear of lowboy uses hydraulic controls to steer the trailer around corners
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:37:03 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Tamper loaded and ready to head home. The lowboy was spotted on the woodyard spur ahead of the machine. Rails on the lowboy lined up with rails on the spur and operators drove the machine onto the lowboy.
Title:  Tamper loaded and ready to head home. The lowboy was spotted on the woodyard spur ahead of the machine. Rails on the lowboy lined up with rails on the spur and operators drove the machine onto the lowboy.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:37:30 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Midland Railroad Construction workers chain down a regulator for the trip home to Mableton, GA
Title:  Midland Railroad Construction workers chain down a regulator for the trip home to Mableton, GA
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:38:02 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Another shot of Midland Railroad Construction trucks
Title:  Another shot of Midland Railroad Construction trucks
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:38:22 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Easing the load off the flat car
Title:  Easing the load off the flat car
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:38:38 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Another shot of the two cranes as they set up for unloading. The bogey set of axles in the foreground help support the boom on the cranes when traveling over the road.
Title:  Another shot of the two cranes as they set up for unloading. The bogey set of axles in the foreground help support the boom on the cranes when traveling over the road.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:19:58 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Clear shot of cranes and equipment staged for the big lift
Title:  Clear shot of cranes and equipment staged for the big lift
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:20:40 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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The Link-Belt places its own outrigger pads as the crew sets up the crane for its first unload
Title:  The Link-Belt places its own outrigger pads as the crew sets up the crane for its first unload
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:20:17 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Returning from unloading at the Kia supplier in Cusseta. The final home of the load is in the background.
Title:  Returning from unloading at the Kia supplier in Cusseta. The final home of the load is in the background.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:39:09 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Almost there---just a little more to the right...
Title:  Almost there---just a little more to the right...
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:39:52 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Setting down the load on the lowboy at the woodyard
Title:  Setting down the load on the lowboy at the woodyard
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:40:12 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Making the swing. Two cranes gracefully swing the load in less than 15 minutes without a hitch
Title:  Making the swing. Two cranes gracefully swing the load in less than 15 minutes without a hitch
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:39:29 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Workers guide the 94 metric ton load into an exact position ont he lowboy
Title:  Workers guide the 94 metric ton load into an exact position ont he lowboy
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:40:41 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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That'll do!!! Load is now transfered from rail to truck.
Title:  That'll do!!! Load is now transfered from rail to truck.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:41:02 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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In a cloud of dust whipped by near freezing wind gust, the high wide loads roll into the spur on top of the skeleton log cars.
Title:  In a cloud of dust whipped by near freezing wind gust, the high wide loads roll into the spur on top of the skeleton log cars.
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:21:03 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Looking northward as workers finish slinging the second load
Title:  Looking northward as workers finish slinging the second load
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:41:35 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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A746 crewman sets the switch and radios for the loads to be shoved back into the woodyard spur
Title:  A746 crewman sets the switch and radios for the loads to be shoved back into the woodyard spur
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:21:26 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Inching through a turn as the worker on the platform steers the lowboy. Notice the second set of tandems skewed from the rest as it cuts the corner like a truck many times shorter
Title:  Inching through a turn as the worker on the platform steers the lowboy. Notice the second set of tandems skewed from the rest as it cuts the corner like a truck many times shorter
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:42:04 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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A clear shot of the load and cranes at the West Point woodyard spur
Title:  A clear shot of the load and cranes at the West Point woodyard spur
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:21:45 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Alook at the West Point woodyard. This was a short wood pulpwood operation until recent years, when the operation began loading short logs on skeleton log rack cars. High wide loads on a short A746 local sit near the woodyard switch in West Point siding
Title:  Alook at the West Point woodyard. This was a short wood pulpwood operation until recent years, when the operation began loading short logs on skeleton log rack cars. High wide loads on a short A746 local sit near the woodyard switch in West Point siding
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 11:22:09 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Loading day at the woodyard
Title:  Loading day at the woodyard
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:42:43 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Looking southward into the woodyard at the vehicles huddled around the cranes
Title:  Looking southward into the woodyard at the vehicles huddled around the cranes
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Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 1/21/2009 10:43:06 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Chattahoochee Valley RR Boxcar
Title:  Chattahoochee Valley RR Boxcar
Description:  A replica of the orginal Chattahoochee Valley boxcar from back in its hey day is a display at the defunct Chattahoochee Valley office/depot in West Point, Ga
Photo Date:  3/8/2009  Upload Date: 3/28/2005 10:35:30 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Terry Roble
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Third of three of the second delivery tails out the special movement. This is a steel press used to stamp out large car parts
Title:  Third of three of the second delivery tails out the special movement. This is a steel press used to stamp out large car parts
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Photo Date:  3/12/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 11:43:37 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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View of first of three loads on the second delivery as it moves down sidingA
Title:  View of first of three loads on the second delivery as it moves down sidingA
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 11:41:29 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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CSX 4800 leads the A746 train as it eases down the siding to drop second set of loads
Title:  CSX 4800 leads the A746 train as it eases down the siding to drop second set of loads
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 11:41:04 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  CSX 4800(SD70MAC)
Views:  133   Comments: 1
Second of three loads on the skcond delivery of machinery for a Kia Assembly supplier
Title:  Second of three loads on the skcond delivery of machinery for a Kia Assembly supplier
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 11:43:10 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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A746 passes siding signal as brakeman prepares to dismount and routh the train into the siding--high wide loads are behind the two locomotives
Title:  A746 passes siding signal as brakeman prepares to dismount and routh the train into the siding--high wide loads are behind the two locomotives
Description:  A746 enters West Point siding as it prepares to drop the second Kia supplier press in the second of two.high wide shipments
Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 11:40:05 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  Action
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First of two views as the train rolls down the siding to run around its train and deliver the high wides to the woodyard unloading site
Title:  First of two views as the train rolls down the siding to run around its train and deliver the high wides to the woodyard unloading site
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 11:41:49 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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All of A746 is now stretched out into the siding as it creeps to the north end. The engines will run around and spot the loads before headed south back toward Montgomery
Title:  All of A746 is now stretched out into the siding as it creeps to the north end. The engines will run around and spot the loads before headed south back toward Montgomery
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 11:42:18 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Close up of Lessor information under cab on GAPS switcher
Title:  Close up of Lessor information under cab on GAPS switcher
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 5:50:53 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Main Relay house at NE Gabbetville near the Kia site
Title:  Main Relay house at NE Gabbetville near the Kia site
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2010 11:04:10 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Looking south from the main relay house at NE Gabbetville. The Kia lead pulls off to the extreme left. Wild snap-dragon vines are already claiming the track.
Title:  Looking south from the main relay house at NE Gabbetville. The Kia lead pulls off to the extreme left. Wild snap-dragon vines are already claiming the track.
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2010 11:06:12 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Q601 waits on Northbound at Gabbetville with loaded Kia train patched into yard air.
Title:  Q601 waits on Northbound at Gabbetville with loaded Kia train patched into yard air.
Description:  GAPS personnel do a Class A brake test on the train prior to calling CSX for pickup.
Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 12:14:06 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Drawing of GAPS Switcher LOSX SW9 144
Title:  Drawing of GAPS Switcher LOSX SW9 144
Description:  Drawing by me using original artwork created by Michael Eby http://trainiax.net/mescaleloco.php
Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2010 11:43:14 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  LOSX 144(SW9)
Views:  447   Comments: 1
Conductor side roster shot of GAPS switcher
Title:  Conductor side roster shot of GAPS switcher
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 5:48:42 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  102   Comments: 1
Roster shot of GAPS switcher
Title:  Roster shot of GAPS switcher
Description:  ; built as PRR 8869 to 9095 to PC to CR
Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 5:46:14 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  LOSX 144(SW9)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
GAPS Inc switcher working autoracks at KMMG in West Point, GA
Title:  GAPS Inc switcher working autoracks at KMMG in West Point, GA
Description:  built as PRR 8869 to 9095 to PC to CR
Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 5:45:34 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  LOSX 144(SW9)
Views:  2379   Comments: 2
Close up of GAPS logo on SW9 LOSX #144
Title:  Close up of GAPS logo on SW9 LOSX #144
Description:  built as PRR 8869 to 9095 to PC to CR
Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 5:49:31 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  336   Comments: 0
GAPS working Gabbetville while UP powered CSX Q601 waits for DPU equipped Q602 train
Title:  GAPS working Gabbetville while UP powered CSX Q601 waits for DPU equipped Q602 train
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Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 5:47:17 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  173   Comments: 1
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia site map for rail operations, September 2010
Title:  Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia site map for rail operations, September 2010
Description:  This is the current arrangement of trackage in and around the Kia pad. It is highly recommended that one not trespass at any locations. This map created with overhead pictures published in local newspaper and visually verified WITH PERMISSION.
Photo Date:  6/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2010 1:14:27 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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