A very late 29F tries to make up lost time as he clatters across the Cordele interlocking during a cold January Saturday afternoon. This high priority train carries UPS trailers and will typicall... (more)

Chicago to Jacksonville hotshot intermodal I025 rolls past the Cordele local power tied down in the Ross storage track. Ross is the first siding north of Cordele and is a favorite for meets due t... (more)

Roughly an hour after sunrise, NS I4E (extra 24E, Meridian, MS (KCS) to Atlanta, GA) heads east toward Tallapoosa, GA with a pair of KCS GEs. The train has just crossed the Alabama/Georiga state l... (more)

First train of the day! A New Orleans to Waycross mixed freight slams the diamonds and leaves the unique concrete water tower behind on a cold, windy January day. Despite the cold weather, a gro... (more)

Long shadows and golden light tell us this will be the last train of the day during a short trip to Cordele. A nice duo of power is pulling our northbound intermodal through the busy railroad jun... (more)

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)

Norfolk Southern Freight Train 187 heads westbound through downtown Bremen, GA. on their way to Norris Yard in Irondale, AL.

A pair of KCS SD70ACe's lead NS Train 244 eastbound through Waco, GA.

One of the last. This former Conrail unit is one of only three EMD units left that wears the attractive CSX "Bright Future" yellow, blue, and gray paint scheme. CSX 4419 spent a couple... (more)

The local power for Thomasville is found taking a long rest over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This 2,000 HP EMD product was built for Conrail in 1978. I'm sure this unit is enjoying the muc... (more)

Empty autorack train M202 is running 1x1 today as evidenced by the single locomotive up front. The lead locomotive was rebuilt from CSX 48 which was built by GE as a AC44CW in 1995. The CM44 pro... (more)

A stranger in a strange land. A New Orleans bound freight approaches the Fifth Street overpass in downtown Cairo, Georgia on a beautiful Fall day. The Bowline picked up both M601 and M602 for a ... (more)

Right before church on a gorgeous November morning, the scanner comes to life alerting us to a southbound train approaching Cairo. We quickly drive into town and witness a mix of GE and EMD power... (more)

We see a friendly wave from the conductor on mixed freight M601 as they roll through downtown Cairo. This New Orleans, Louisiana bound train is spending a couple weeks on the Bowline due to work ... (more)

The McDonough-Atlanta local heads home with many loads of frozen perishables.