Thankfully, the SAM Shortline is still running with the original Heart of Georgia power even months after the Genesee & Wyoming takeover. Today we see the SAM Shortline arriving in downtown Corde... (more)

Returning to Cordele, the HOG intermodal train passes through the Georgia countryside in darkness with a nice veteran leader.

There were plans for rebuilding this ex NS nee N&W GP35 into a GP38-2, now that gwi has taken over the HOG those plans have been canceled, 1325 will conintue to be parted out and scrapped.

Built in 1965 for SP, HOG 1635 has been out of service for two weeks and rest while awaiting repairs in Cordele, Georgia. 1635 still wears it's weathered Arizona & California Railroad attire altho... (more)

The Heart of Georgia has arrived just moments after Georgia Central's L785 in Vidalia, Georgia and has already cut off from it's Savannah bound train and is seen as it clears a path along side GC ... (more)

The Heart of Georgia's eastbound Razorback steps through small town Higgston, Georgia as it nears Vidalia where a quick interchange will be made with GWI's Georgia Central which is coming north fo... (more)

Built in August 1963 for C&O, Heart of Georgia GP30M 4215 stands tall at the Inland Port in Cordele, Georgia after leading the shortline carrier's westbound Vidalia Turn. During the month of Febru... (more)

The HOG's Vidalia Turn continues it's eighty mile westward journey towards Cordele as it strolls through the small rural unincorporated community of Seville, Georgia on this former Seaboard Air Li... (more)

The HOG's Vidalia Turn continues it's eighty mile westward journey towards Cordele as it strolls through the small rural town of Rhine, Georgia on this former Seaboard Air Line route. The venerabl... (more)

The Heart Of Georgia's Vidalia Turn wakes up the small rural sleepy central Georgia town of Rochelle shortly after 2AM on it's return trip back west with the Stack Train. This former Seaboard Air ... (more)

The HOG's Vidalia Turn continues it's eighty mile westward journey towards Cordele as it trots through the small rural town of Milan, Georgia on this former Seaboard Air Line route. The venerable ... (more)

The Heart Of Georgia's Vidalia Turn wakes up the small sleepy central Georgia town of Ailey shortly before midnight on it's return trip back west with the Stack Train. This former Seaboard Air Li... (more)

The Heart Of Georgia's Vidalia Turn wakes up the small sleepy central Georgia town of Alamo shortly after midnight on it's return trip back west with the Stack Train. This former Seaboard Air Lin... (more)

The SAM Watermelon Express has made it into Plains, GA where the train has an hour and a half layover. Passengers will depart and see all the sights of this small Georgia town which is home to th... (more)

After guiding today's Watermelon Express into the depot for passenger loading, the slick looking GP30M of C&O origin now begins to grab the drop offs from last night’s CSX Q550. These empty hig... (more)