The Sam Shortline train heads back west to Cordele as they pass through the small town of Helena GA. On this day back in June of 2014 the Sam Shortline operated an excursion train over the GC for ... (more)

The Heart of Georgia Intermodal train is seen here departing Vidalia as they have just entered HOG trackage. Leading the train is HOG 4215 which was originally built for the C&O.

Finished with switching at the paper mill east of town, two ex-NS units with tastefully chopped noses struggle with the days produce heading for their small yard.

Heart of Georgia 2038 and highhood Georgia Central 1713 sit locked up and secured as the crew went to grab a lunch while waiting on CSX to arrive in town to switch interchange.

An empty SAM Shortline passenger train heads back to Georgia Veterans State Park to tie down for the day. Sadly, the HOG unit is no longer on the property and CSX has removed the searchlight sign... (more)

An extremely short HOG train moves through the sleepy town of DeSoto, Georgia.

The nightly HOG pig train picks up speed right after crossing NS's Brunswick District at Helena, Ga. In about another hour after passing the ex SAL depot the train will reach its destination at th... (more)

The HOG Cordele switcher heads to the yard to kick around cars and work Cordele Intermodal Services.

GC L781 heads west through Dublin at Milepost 52 of the old Macon Dublin & Savannah (MD&S) mainline. Leading the train is a former NS/SOU high hood.

We see the SAM Shortline passenger train returning to Georgia Veterans State Park on a beautiful Fall afternoon. The SAM Shortline had been busy running excursions for the first annual Cordele Ra... (more)

Heart of Georgia power heads back to their yard after dropping off boxcars for CSX.

The Heart of Georgia job works the yard with two GP20's in tow.

HOG 2038 leads the SAM Shortline Passenger excursion across the diamonds and by the newly erected signals in town with one of the new Heart of Georgia GP38-2's on the other end.

Heart of Georgia 510 passes the ADM animal nutrition plant in Cordele, GA after picking up a cut of recently dropped off cars from the CSX interchange located in downtown. The 510 is a EMD GP38-2 ... (more)

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)