A bright orange locomotive brightens up an otherwise dreary Saturday afternoon in South Georgia. The SAM Shortline is seen just east of De Soto, Georgia counting down the miles until they are bac... (more)

HoG 2124 leads the Cordele Railfan Festival excursion train past the ADM plant on the east side of Cordele.

HoG 2124 leads the Cordele Railfan Festival excursion train past a farm on the east side of Cordele.

After a productive day on the northern end of the CSX Fitzgerald Subdivision, we pass through Americus, Georgia on the way back home. Americus is the base of operations for the Genesee & Wyoming ... (more)

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!

Dual motors on the SAM Shortline heads toward Plains having just left the Veterans Park in Crisp County.

Having just come off the trestle over Lake Blackshear, the SAM Shortline Excursion to Plains for the lighting of the downtown heads through some fall foliage.

Heart of Georgia Railroad GP38-2's 2124 and 2125 leads the 3pm SAM Shortline excursion train west towards Plains across Lake Blackshear near Cordele, Georgia.

Not sure why but the Heart of Georgia decided to run their SAM Shortline excursion train with the locomotive running long hood forward. The train is getting ready to run a rare mileage trip durin... (more)

The SAM Shortline passenger train is seen returning to the Georgia Veterans State Park station after a trip to Americus and Plains. The power is one of the four new units brought to the Heart of ... (more)

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.

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)