Heart of Georgia 1635, still in its Arizona & California colors, rattles across both CSX and Norfolk Southern diamonds in Cordele, Ga., on its way to switch the paper mill west of town.

Heart of Georgia 1635, still in its Arizona & California colors, rests in the HOG yard at Cordele, Ga.

Night Shot of the HOG #1540 on the head end of a stack train

The Watermelon Express climbs a gentle hill as it gets closer to the city of Americus. The use of jointed rail will certainly give patrons that familiar clickety-clack sound of steel wheel on ste... (more)

I'm sure there are few places in the U.S. that you can catch a GP30 and GP35 working together in revenue service. The Heart of Georgia duo pulls a few cars west toward the Cordele Interlocking. ... (more)

After a quick station stop at the Georgia Veterans State Park, the entire Watermelon Express train comprised of 7 passenger cars and 1 head end power car can be seen crossing over man-made Lake Bl... (more)

The dust being kicked up by the 1540 gives an example of just how fast the Watermelon Express is moving through the small town of Leslie. Not only is this small town on the former SAL route home ... (more)

With all the passengers onboard and their 9:00am departure time met, this morning’s Watermelon Express is underway as it crosses over the interlocking with NS just west of the depot.

The SAM Shortline excursion arrives for the loading of the passengers for today's train and passes the veteran searchlight signals that guard the diamonds for CSX. The LLPX unit is no longer a sig... (more)

We're not in Canada anymore! A fully painted Canadian National unit is in charge of the SAM Shortline passenger train today as they drop off passengers at the Cordele platform. The CN EMD, owned... (more)

A pair of Geep power has finished sorting some cars at the small HOG yard located on the east side of town. Now this pair will soak up the morning sun as they wait for the next call to duty.

A nostalgic searchlight signal still protects the interlocking of CSX with its former SAL route to Savannah which now is used by the Heart of Georgia railroad. Today’s SAM Watermelon Express tr... (more)

After a very quick interchange with the Georgia Central, a pair of HOG GP40's get moving with the train from Savannah on its way to the inland port in Cordele,GA.

The SAM Shortline excursion is on its way back to the Veterans Park for the day after taking passengers to Plains, Georgia. He was cruising at a good clip which and overall is very nice ride.

Two Canadian immigrants now down south switch the HOG yard and Cordele Intermodal Facility on a nice sunny day.