SAM Shortline's "Presidential Flyer" excursion train crosses Lake Blackshear near Cordele, GA, led by a pair of Heart of Georgia GP38-2s.

HOG 2038, the last remaining HOG painted engine left on the roster, leads the deadhead move to Lake Blackshear after running excursions all day for the Cordele Railfan Festival as they pass throug... (more)

After a productive day on the northern end of the CSX Fitzgerald Subdivision, we pass through Americus, Georgia on the way back home. Americus is the base of operations for the Genesee & Wyoming ... (more)

Back in September of this year Georgia Central ran rerouted Norfolk Southern traffic between Macon and Savannah. Here we see just that. Georgia Central train L781 is seen passing by snows pond jus... (more)

SAM Shortline's "Plains Express" excursion train crosses Gum Creek where it feeds into Lake Blackshear at Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park near Cordele, GA.

Not every day you catch a rock train on the Heart of Georgia but here is HOG 2124 returning towards Cordele with empty Vulcan ballast hoppers some of which were more than 50 years old!

Dual motors on the SAM Shortline heads toward Plains having just left the Veterans Park in Crisp County.

GWI's Heart of Georgia, Cordele Turn is eastbound at De Soto, Georgia on December 11, 2019 with the only remaining HOG painted unit, GP38-2 2038 which incidentally was the last unit placed into se... (more)

GWI's Heart of Georgia, Cordele Turn is eastbound at Cobb, Georgia on December 11, 2019 with the only remaining HOG painted unit, GP38-2 2038 which incidentally was the last unit placed into servi... (more)

After completing the day's tasks of ferrying passengers through Cordele for the railfan festival, HOG GP38-2 2129 has less than a mile to go till its resting point at the Georgia Veterans State Pa... (more)

A lot has changed in ten years! The lead unit on this SAM Shortline train is now off the property and the passenger train rarely comes to Cordele anymore. Since the Genesee & Wyoming takeover in... (more)

SAM Shortline departs Cordele spearheading to Vidalia where they will lay over. The next day the Georgia Central crew will come on and take the train towards Bellville to run the Evans County Cent... (more)

The Heart of Georgia is seen arriving Americus at Hwy 19 in a nice burst of fall color.

The Heart of Georgia heads east for Americus as it approaches Southeast Railcar on the west side of town.

The Heart of Georgia heads east passing through the small town of Plains on its way back to Americus.