After a productive day of catching trains in Cordele, we decide to follow the Norfolk Southern Macon District on the way home. Our journey south takes a detour to catch a Jacksonville to Macon mi... (more)

A General Electric locomotive built in 2004 has the honors of leading a Valdosta to Macon mixed freight through the pecan orchards of South Central Georgia. This train has just met a southbound a... (more)

A Birmingham bound mixed freight departs the tiny West-Central Georgia town of Manchester after a quick crew swap. Of note, the lead engine was the first General Electric AC traction Evolution Se... (more)

A unit coal train consisting of all CSX company hoppers rolls through downtown Cordele on a hot summer afternoon. This train is bound for the paper mill located in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The... (more)

With the last of the day's light remaining, Waycross bound local A723 rolls through downtown Cairo with an uncommon locomotive leading. All of the CSX General Electric Dash 8 fleet had been store... (more)

One of the CSX Pride in Service locomotives is in charge of an Atlanta bound intermodal train rolling through downtown Cordele on a pleasant Father's Day afternoon. CSX 3194 was specially painted... (more)

After getting off work, I drive by the CSX Thomasville Yard to see if anything is moving around. Thankfully, I'm in luck as a Waycross bound mixed freight is sitting on the mainline. The train is ... (more)

A rebuilt four axle EMD unit is in charge of the local based out of the small CSX yard in Thomasville, Georgia. This job works two CSX branches radiating out of Thomasville and builds the transfe... (more)

Two General Electric locomotives from the 1990's lead a Birmingham bound mixed freight through the small community of Cairo in Southwest Georgia. The train is passing the now cut siding that, at ... (more)

After years of being absent on this line, Waycross to Birmingham train Q650 is back running daily across the ex-Atlantic Coast Line that travels through Valdosta, Thomasville, and Dothan. Since t... (more)

The daily Jacksonville, Florida to Macon, Georgia mixed freight is rounding the curve and approaching the Cordele interlocking on a rather nice mid-May afternoon. The lead unit was rebuilt by Pro... (more)

Other than the white patch and new number on the cab, this Conrail General Electric Dash 7 locomotive looks almost like it did when it rolled out of Erie, Pennsylvania in 1978. The shortline Meri... (more)

Looking down from one of the many highway overpasses found in Vicksburg, Mississippi, we find a westbound Kansas City Southern mixed freight being led by a General Electric Tier 4 emissions compli... (more)

You would never know by looking at it but this once was a Santa Fe streamlined F unit. Florida Central 56 was built in 1949 as a F3 and was rebuilt in the Santa Fe Cleburne, Texas shops in the 19... (more)

A southbound Norfolk Southern mixed freight is making CSX wait to cross the busy Cordele Interlocking. The small city of Cordele sees about 40 trains a day with both CSX and Norfolk Southern main... (more)