The Norfolk Southern "Barcode" unit leads a Rutherford, Pennsylvania bound intermodal train through the small town of Cordele, Georgia. This train originates daily from Jacksonville, Fl... (more)

A trio of railfans watch closely as a southbound CSX autorack train pounds the Cordele interlocking. Recently, the City of Cordele constructed a railfan park and viewing platform by the CSX/NS/HO... (more)

We end our Georgia Central trip with a stop by the South Georgia hotspot of Cordele, Georgia. Although we did not see anything on the CSX mainline, we did catch local A730 tied down for the day. ... (more)

Two rebuilt EMD locomotives pull a solid string of empty rock cars through downtown Cordele on a cool, sunny Saturday afternoon. The rock hoppers are destined for Junction City which is home to t... (more)

New Orleans bound mixed freight Q601 approaches the Cordele interlocking on a cold and sunny day after Christmas. This train is actually running north with an odd symbol due to the current route ... (more)

A very long and very heavy Norfolk Southern mixed freight rolls through the pecan orchards of rural South-Central Georgia on a beautiful late December day. Train 175 runs from Chattanooga to Jack... (more)

A southbound train of intermodal and autoracks rolls through rural Crisp County on a bright and sunny Saturday morning. This train originates in Louisville, Kentucky and picks up container traffi... (more)

The day after Christmas turned out to be beautiful so an afternoon at the diamonds of Cordele was in store. First train of the day was Chicago to Jacksonville intermodal train 229. Of note, the ... (more)

The locomotive on the Cordele local should feel right at home. This unit probably spent many years running fast freights up and down the Fitzgerald Subdivision. CSX 2699 was built for the Seaboa... (more)

Another unit train of chicken feed approaches the north end of Ross siding on a beautiful, sunny December morning. This train typically is loaded on the RJ Corman Railroad in Kentucky and sent to... (more)

HOG 2038, the last remaining HOG painted engine left on the roster, leads the deadhead move to Lake Blackshear after running excursions all day for the Cordele Railfan Festival as they pass throug... (more)

Seaboard System B36-7's #5922, 5889 & 5925 lead southbound intermodal train #141. #5922 was built September 1985 and later became CSX #5922. #5889 was built July 1985 and later became CSX #5889. ... (more)

CP's "arid region" military unit leads CSX train K81519 south across the Norfolk Southern and Heart of Georgia Railroad diamonds in Cordele, GA.

Not every day you catch a rock train on the Heart of Georgia but here is HOG 2124 returning towards Cordele with empty Vulcan ballast hoppers some of which were more than 50 years old!

Getting to be a rare treat these days to see an AC44 in the lead on anything, must less one in YN2 paint. We see Q197 head north on the way to Fairburn, Georgia from Savannah, Georgia as the Georg... (more)