After getting off work, I drive by the CSX Thomasville Yard to see if anything is moving around. Thankfully, I'm in luck as a Waycross bound mixed freight is sitting on the mainline. The train is ... (more)

A rebuilt four axle EMD unit is in charge of the local based out of the small CSX yard in Thomasville, Georgia. This job works two CSX branches radiating out of Thomasville and builds the transfe... (more)

Two General Electric locomotives from the 1990's lead a Birmingham bound mixed freight through the small community of Cairo in Southwest Georgia. The train is passing the now cut siding that, at ... (more)

After years of being absent on this line, Waycross to Birmingham train Q650 is back running daily across the ex-Atlantic Coast Line that travels through Valdosta, Thomasville, and Dothan. Since t... (more)

The daily Jacksonville, Florida to Macon, Georgia mixed freight is rounding the curve and approaching the Cordele interlocking on a rather nice mid-May afternoon. The lead unit was rebuilt by Pro... (more)

Other than the white patch and new number on the cab, this Conrail General Electric Dash 7 locomotive looks almost like it did when it rolled out of Erie, Pennsylvania in 1978. The shortline Meri... (more)

Looking down from one of the many highway overpasses found in Vicksburg, Mississippi, we find a westbound Kansas City Southern mixed freight being led by a General Electric Tier 4 emissions compli... (more)

You would never know by looking at it but this once was a Santa Fe streamlined F unit. Florida Central 56 was built in 1949 as a F3 and was rebuilt in the Santa Fe Cleburne, Texas shops in the 19... (more)

A southbound Norfolk Southern mixed freight is making CSX wait to cross the busy Cordele Interlocking. The small city of Cordele sees about 40 trains a day with both CSX and Norfolk Southern main... (more)

A former Chesapeake & Ohio unit is hard at work moving Heart of Georgia interchange cars on a pleasant mid-May afternoon. The train is on the way to Ross siding and is about to cross the Norfolk ... (more)

Another load of black diamonds is in route to the Sunshine State to fuel the fire at the Stanton Energy Center near Orlando. Coal traffic on the Fitzgerald Sub has dwindled over the years due to ... (more)

A trio of General Electric locomotives is powering a loaded autorack train bound for Jacksonville, Florida. Tallahassee railfan Will Newberry and I decided to make a day of being trackside in Cor... (more)

Santa Fe and Conrail in 2021? A 1979 built General Electric B23-7 is still in a mostly untouched Santa Fe bluebonnet paint scheme over 40 years after coming from the factory. The Meridian Southe... (more)

A 4,300 HP Union Pacific locomotive is leading a long string of mixed freight that was picked up in New Orleans, Louisiana. CSX train Q602 forwards Union Pacific traffic from Louisiana to the mas... (more)

It is hard to believe that Southeast Mississippi would be home to some of the last Conrail Dash 7 units in existence. Proudly displaying Conrail Quality on her nose, Meridian Southern 4039 waits ... (more)