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Pictures of GRWR 6580
 
Owner: Great Walton
Model:EMD GP9Built As:BO 6580 (GP9)
Serial Number:24364Order No:5568
Frame Number:5568-9Built:1/1958
Notes:ex-B&O
Other locos with this serial:  GRWR 6580(GP9) BO 6580(GP9) GWRR 6580(GP9)
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Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Title:  Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Description:  upon arriving we found that the last run would not start till later in the afternoon, so we took some shots of my homemade banner in the morning light
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:07 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Power waiting in the weeds for the last run
Title:  Power waiting in the weeds for the last run
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:08 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Title:  Last Run Great Walton Covington Line
Description:  With the crew on hand at 11:14 AM, I hang my homemade sign to the railings for the last run.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:10 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  765   Comments: 1
Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Title:  Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:11 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Title:  Cranking the engines in Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:12 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Interior of the GWRR GP9 6580
Title:  Interior of the GWRR GP9 6580
Description:  Pretty much as built, including the pull cord horn.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:13 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  1744   Comments: 1
Passing over the Dried Indian Creek trestle for the final time
Title:  Passing over the Dried Indian Creek trestle for the final time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:15 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  856   Comments: 0
GWRR 6580 rumbles off the Dried Indian Creek Trestle as it heads to pickup storage cars
Title:  GWRR 6580 rumbles off the Dried Indian Creek Trestle as it heads to pickup storage cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:16 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Coupling onto storage cars on the Porterdale lead
Title:  Coupling onto storage cars on the Porterdale lead
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:18 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Title:  First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:18 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Title:  First generation EMD's smoke it up to get the storage cars moving
Description:  CSX interchange track can be seen in the background
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:19 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  702   Comments: 0
A small crowd has gathered to watch the final run of the Covington Branch.
Title:  A small crowd has gathered to watch the final run of the Covington Branch.
Description:  From left to right, Bradley, David Stewart and Freddy Frank. I rode down here with David Stewart and we were expecting to be the only ones that witnessed the event, but a few other railfans came out to pay their respects to the line before it was too late.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:20 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  1068   Comments: 6
pulling cars past the switch and through the field
Title:  pulling cars past the switch and through the field
Description:  Though it looks like just a grassy field, i found out the wrong way that a little ditch in the field was filled with knee deep liquid mud, thankfully the camera came out ok but i probably destroyed my shoes.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:21 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Shoving back to the interchange, the final move has begun
Title:  Shoving back to the interchange, the final move has begun
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:24 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  374   Comments: 5
The roar of 567's rattles the neighborhoods of Covington for the last time
Title:  The roar of 567's rattles the neighborhoods of Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:25 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
Smoking it up through the tree tunnel
Title:  Smoking it up through the tree tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:26 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
Backing up on rough track
Title:  Backing up on rough track
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:27 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
This is the end, my only friend, the end.
Title:  This is the end, my only friend, the end.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:28 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
Over 100 years of operation coming to an end
Title:  Over 100 years of operation coming to an end
Description:  And with one final bark of the 567's, over 100 years of rail operations on the Covington branch come to a end.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:29 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
The switch is lined for the last time, and the CSX power backs on
Title:  The switch is lined for the last time, and the CSX power backs on
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:30 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
CSX power backing up, thats the last id see of my sign
Title:  CSX power backing up, thats the last id see of my sign
Description:  The CSX crews removed the sign to connect the MU cables, I hope someone saved it.
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:32 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Train is coupled and ready to move
Title:  Train is coupled and ready to move
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:32 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) GRWR 6580(GP9) CSX 8610(SD50-2) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
CSX 8128 leads the funeral train out of town
Title:  CSX 8128 leads the funeral train out of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 12:37:03 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) CSX 8610(SD50-2) HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  891   Comments: 0
Rolling out of Covington for the last time
Title:  Rolling out of Covington for the last time
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:02 PM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
Dragging the Great Walton power to the interchange
Title:  Dragging the Great Walton power to the interchange
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:05 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8128(SD40-2) CSX 8610(SD50-2) GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
567's get 20 cars rolling again
Title:  567's get 20 cars rolling again
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:06 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  638   Comments: 0
Lets roll!
Title:  Lets roll!
Description:  The two 567 powered beasts put on a show that Social Circle has probably not seen since the Georgia Railroad era as they smoke and roar past the depot
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:07 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
Great Walton power passing the depot
Title:  Great Walton power passing the depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:08 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Give it up, give all you got
Title:  Give it up, give all you got
Description:  The geeps put out a cloud of smoke that can be seen from miles as they tackle the hills and dales of northeast Georgia
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 1:48:09 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  491   Comments: 3
Great Walton meet!
Title:  Great Walton meet!
Description:  In a scene that hasnt happened in a long while, the Covington train notches up as it passes the Monroe train. Once the Covington train is passed, the 6555 and 4537 will follow it to Monroe
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:11 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6555(GP9) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  395   Comments: 1
Covington power backing across route 11
Title:  Covington power backing across route 11
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:17 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HRT 8395(GP10) GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
HRT 8395
Title:  HRT 8395
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:23 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
GRWR 6580
Title:  GRWR 6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 11:46:41 AM
Location:  Monroe, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Dust and smoke, i love backwoods railroading
Title:  Dust and smoke, i love backwoods railroading
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 8:53:38 PM
Location:  Monroe, GA
Author:  Nikos Kavoori
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
GRWR GP9 6580
Title:  GRWR GP9 6580
Description:  Phase lll GP9
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 3:23:43 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  156   Comments: 1
GRWR GP9 6580
Title:  GRWR GP9 6580
Description:  Phase lll GP9
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 3:23:26 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
GRWR GP9 6580
Title:  GRWR GP9 6580
Description:  Phase lll GP9
Photo Date:  9/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 3:23:11 AM
Location:  Monroe, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
Rear shot of GRWR unit at Covington
Title:  Rear shot of GRWR unit at Covington
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2010  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 11:50:45 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  158   Comments: 1
Roster Shot of Covington assigned geep.
Title:  Roster Shot of Covington assigned geep.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2010  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 11:50:46 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
The Covington Branch in its heyday under Great Walton control with GRWR Geep coupled to inbound woodchip cars in the yard in downtown.
Title:  The Covington Branch in its heyday under Great Walton control with GRWR Geep coupled to inbound woodchip cars in the yard in downtown.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2010  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 11:50:19 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  215   Comments: 1
Various shots of Hartwell and Great Walton County RR over the years
Title:  Various shots of Hartwell and Great Walton County RR over the years
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2010  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 11:50:24 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  218   Comments: 2
Detail of GWRR lettering on hood of GP-9 at Covington
Title:  Detail of GWRR lettering on hood of GP-9 at Covington
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2010  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 11:50:24 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
Great Walton painted Geep sits in the sun at Covington in the early 2000s
Title:  Great Walton painted Geep sits in the sun at Covington in the early 2000s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2010  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 11:50:25 AM
Location:  Covington, GA
Author:  William Wes Downs
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  190   Comments: 1
GRWR 6580
Title:  GRWR 6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/27/2010  Upload Date: 3/29/2010 8:01:23 AM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
GRWR #6580
Title:  GRWR #6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/8/2012  Upload Date: 4/17/2012 7:55:25 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Mick Nussbaum
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  383   Comments: 1
GP-9s
Title:  GP-9s
Description:  The GRWR has a line of mostly stored serviceable GP-9 or GP-9 rebuild locomotives at Social Circle. There are 5 GP-9s in the line, including 2 GP10 rebuilds. Not visible in the photo is GRWR 8302. Certainteed Plastics is the plant behind the GPs. This customer gets in plastic in hopper cars to make vinyl siding.
Photo Date:  8/24/2012  Upload Date: 8/25/2012 9:59:27 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Kevin Wood
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 4537(GP9R) GRWR 6555(GP9) GRWR 6580(GP9) HRT 8395(GP10)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
GRWR 6580
Title:  GRWR 6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 9/12/2015 6:06:29 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Charles Burgess
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
GRWR 6580
Title:  GRWR 6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 8/20/2015 5:01:29 AM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  115   Comments: 1
GRWR 6580
Title:  GRWR 6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 11/16/2016 8:37:09 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Chris Thompson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  149   Comments: 1
GRWR 6580
Title:  GRWR 6580
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 11/16/2016 8:37:15 PM
Location:  Social Circle, GA
Author:  Chris Thompson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GRWR 6580(GP9)
Views:  138   Comments: 0

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