Back in 1988, I drove over to Hartwell, GA to take in the newly refurbished 2-6-2 # 11 in its second operating stint on the Hartwell Railroad. The venerable prairie made her first runs on a rainy July 4, 1988. Here we see her finishing the climb up from Lake Hartwell in route from Hartwell to the interchange with the Norfolk Southern's Elberton Branch at Bowersville. A few vintage freight cars with a combine instead of the commuter cars and this photo would look like it is from Beebe's "Mixed Train Daily".
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This go round she was painted black instead of the almost Southern Green from before.
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With appropriate graphite colored smoke box.
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