NS SD70ACC #1800 leads stacks from Savannah through Austell nearing its destination of Whitaker Yard just ahead

We set up at the South End of Cordele siding to witness the passage of a colorful intermodal train. Both I197 and I198 haul domestic and international containers into and out of the busy seaport ... (more)

A Nashville, Tennessee to Waycross, Georgia mixed freight rolls past an abandoned fertilizer facility located at the north end of Ross siding. This train will have clear signals through Cordele b... (more)

Modern GE and EMD power pull Macon to Valdosta mixed freight 151 on a cold January day. The lead locomotive is one of the growing fleet of rebuilt Dash 9 units completed by Wabtec in Fort Worth, ... (more)

The Fall colors are on full display in downtown Millen, Georgia as NS 7538 waits to back into the small yard to do more switching.

A solid set of Union Pacific power takes NS train 226 eastbound through Tallapoosa, GA on their way to Atlanta, GA. Train 226 originated in Shreveport, LA from the Union Pacific with a UP the symb... (more)

Shortline customer service... on an off-day for marble aggregate traffic, running 6 miles to pick up a single car of specialty resin from Standridge Color in Jasper, GA.

A unit train of brand new Mercedes-Benz autos heads for the Port of Brunswick, GA... Southern RR style. I've always dug long hood forward GE's.

Phase IV leads a new Siemens in Phase VII paint. Phase IV was brand new when I started taking pictures 30 years ago... cool to see it leading what will soon take over. Reports are that crews wil... (more)

CSX's Chessie System heritage mullet leads grain train G407 by Georgia Powers Plant Bowen

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)