On a very quiet Saturday morning, a locomotive built by EMD over 40 years ago sits waiting for the next assignment pulling freight through rural South Georgia. This unit was originally built for ... (more)

The daily northbound local A724 passes by the concrete AN 705 milepost on a hot and humid July afternoon. The "705" on the milepost indicates the mileage from Richmond, Virginia. This ... (more)

A lengthy Waycross, Georgia to Montgomery, Alabama local is passing under the 5th Street Overpass on a hot and humid July day. In about three hours, the train will arrive in Dothan, Alabama for a... (more)

I think over 8,000 HP is a little too much for this edition of the daily Waycross, Georgia to Montgomery, Alabama local. A Tier 4 emissions compliant General Electric locomotive leads the unusual... (more)

Familiar territory. This 40 year old locomotive should feel right at home in the ex-Seaboard Coast Line Thomasville Yard. CSX 2709 was built for the SCL by GM-EMD in 1980 and is still working ha... (more)

A northbound Georgia & Florida train is seen just outside the little community of Ochlocknee in the northern part of Thomas County, Georgia. The name of the town is derived from a Native American... (more)

The last edition of A724 for the month of June is trying to outrun a large band of late afternoon thunderstorms. The lead engine was part of the first batch of alternating current (AC) locomotive... (more)

As hard as it is to believe, finding a locomotive in the colorful CSX yellow nose two (YN2) paint scheme has become a rarity. We are in luck today as we discover Waycross, Georgia to Montgomery, A... (more)

Dual YN2 GE locomotives throttle up as they pull a healthy cut of mixed freight through downtown Cairo, Georgia. The train has a long cut of empty pipe cars on the tail end that will be dropped o... (more)

A visit to the North End of Thomasville Yard yields two CSX units with two very different missions. A YN2 AC44CW is leading a train of empty gondolas ready to be filled with crossties from a majo... (more)

The power for GFRR train GF86 is parked for the weekend just east of the North Martin Luther King Junior Drive overpass. The "Green Machine" is an ex-Canadian National EMD unit build in 1974. Fo... (more)

An increasingly rare YN2 AC44CW leads a lengthy mixed freight out of Waycross, Georgia. The daily "Sweeper" train has picked up a fresh crew in Thomasville, is scheduled to work the ind... (more)

A General Electric locomotive built in April of 2012 has been bestowed the honor of leading long distance local A724. This train originates daily from Waycross, Georgia and works the yards and in... (more)

Dual General Electric AC44CW locomotives are seen pulling a long mixed freight through the sleepy town of Whigham, Georgia during the golden hour. The engineer has these older units in notch 8 tr... (more)

As hard as it is to believe, finding a locomotive in the colorful CSX yellow nose two (YN2) paint scheme has become a rarity. We are in luck today as we discover Waycross, Georgia to Montgomery, ... (more)