After jumping in the car and making an hour long car ride to Cordele, we are are rewarded with a southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train in great afternoon light. My son was gifted with a ne... (more)

CSX train B63101 passes through Cordele, Georgia, with a CP heritage-paint SD leading the way, moving ethanol from Chicago to Tampa.

HOG 2125 leads the SAM train through downtown Cordele, Georgia.

A canvas waiting for the artist! One of the cleanest boxcars you will ever see was discovered sitting in the small CSX yard in Cordele, Georgia. One trip out West will be all it takes for this b... (more)

A northbound mixed freight breaks the silence of downtown Cordele, Georgia on a late October afternoon. This train has just started his long journey which takes him from Waycross, Georgia to Belt... (more)

An older General Electric Dash 9 locomotive leads a colorful intermodal train during the final moments of sunlight on a beautiful South Georgia day. This southbound will soon be meeting another t... (more)

Two generations of railfans witness the passage of a southbound CSX freight during a beautiful October morning. The City of Cordele built a beautiful park and viewing platform for train enthusias... (more)

Back in the mid 20-teens Heart of Georgia leased two NREX geeprs to run loaded pipe trains. Here we see the pipe train crossing 11th street in Cordele.

SAM Shortline's 20th Anniversary excursion train crosses the Flint River/Lake Blackshear near Cordele, Georgia.

Ex C&O unit takes a break.

"Law Enforcement Leslie". Having snuck in the previous night on M606, CSX 3194 "Spirit of Law Enforcement" brings CSX M648-24 into Cordele, GA. Special thanks to the Cordele Po... (more)

I shot this ex-UP unit in Carbo, VA in 2012. Here is the other side. Unfortunately the later ones were built with exhaust ruiners.

Starting as a GN GP7 in 1951 this one has been around. I’m always curious as to whether anything other than the frame is original. Here working on the Heart of Georgia Railroad.

Running conventional with 158 cars, there was a lot of slack action as M605 stopped at the diamond for NS 55V and then re-started.

"ElectroMotive Thunder" Final catch of the day in Cordele was a Waycross bound X602 comprising of a trio of UP EMD motors, led by SD70ACe 8456. With all three online at the time, the tri... (more)