With over 55 trains in 24 hours on peak days, the 14 miles between Austell, west of Atlanta, and Inman Yard in Atlanta is the busiest line segment on the whole NS system.  At Austell the NS lines to Chattanooga and Birmingham divide.  We caught all of the NS action around Austell for 24 hours in April 1996.  2 hours, 39 minutes. 

With over 55 trains in 24 hours on peak days, the 14 miles between Austell, west of Atlanta, and Inman Yard in Atlanta is the busiest line segment on the whole NS system.  At Austell the NS lines to Chattanooga and Birmingham divide.  We caught all of the NS action around Austell for 24 hours in April 1996.  2 hours, 39 minutes. 

Cartersville, 50 miles north of Atlanta, is where the CSX lines from Nashville and Cincinnati join together.  This single track funnel is one of CSX's busiest lines and one of the most congested in the U.S.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action around Cartersville in April 1996.  112 minutes. 

Cartersville, 50 miles north of Atlanta, is where the CSX lines from Nashville and Cincinnati join together.  This single track funnel is one of CSX's busiest lines and one of the most congested in the U.S.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action around Cartersville in April 1996.  112 minutes. 

See 24 hours of action at one of the best railfan hotspots in the southeast in the fall of 1993.  The CSX trackage from Callahan north is one of the busiest lines on the whole CSX system.  Callahan has been featured as a Trains Magazine Hotspot.  106 minutes.

See 24 hours of action at one of the best railfan hotspots in the southeast in the fall of 1993.  The CSX trackage from Callahan north is one of the busiest lines on the whole CSX system.  Callahan has been featured as a Trains Magazine Hotspot.  106 minutes.