Southwestern Shortline. Bay Line Railroad (BAYL) GP39 no. 2320 is seen resting in Dawson, GA at the Georgia Southwestern Railroad headquarters.

The daily run has pulled up for a new crew on the south leg of the wye and will soon join NS's former C of G line for the run south to Allbenny (AKA Albany) where C of G used to deliver beautiful ... (more)

The 2000's were a mighty fine time on the GSWR with a pair of F-units in regular service. In 2005, they revived service on the R-Line north of NS's segment, but it didn't last long. In 2007, the... (more)

Before they abandoned it, GSWR ran a "farewell" special over the R-Line around Pine Mountain. This sounded as good as it looks. Notice the leaves kicking up.

Last stand in Hamilton.

One of those great photo ops that comes with a distinct drawback. The GSWR F's are on what is essentially their last assignment, rolling up the rail south of Pine Mountain. Was fortunate to witn... (more)

For a few years, a pair of F's roamed Central Georgia once again, these belonging to the Georgia Southwestern. Part of their trackage included rights out of Columbus over NS to the "R-Line&q... (more)

A Georgia Southwestern Coal storage move is seen between Smithville and Bronwood heading to Dawson where they will store the train on the old SAL Albany line.

At the time, the GSWR's F's were assigned to log train service on the old CofG branch (the R-Line). They eventually pulled the last train, a rail train pulling up their portion, before abandoning... (more)

AGR 140 going down the TASD Chickasaw main with GSWR 3858 leading.

The power for the Georgia Southwestern Railroad rests in the industrial park north of Bainbridge in an area known as Lynn. Before CSX, this was Seaboard Air Line's route between Columbus, Georgia... (more)

GP40s in the garbs of Georgia Southwestern and Indiana Southern work the mill in Dawson. Both are far from their origins, as 4028 started life on N&W, and 4051 was originally part of B&O's fleet.

His mind is on the right track! My five year old son admires the orange and black locomotives assigned to the Georgia Southwestern Railroad to work their Arlington to Bainbridge line. The GSWR 2... (more)

On January 20, 2020 a friend and I go down towards Smithville to catch the GSWR Dawson turn. Luckily we were surprised with an 135 car empty coal train heading for storage on the old SAL Sasser Li... (more)

"The Other One" - If you had been wondering whatever became of Georgia Southwestern's classy F9(A)'s, they ended up here at the Texas State Railroad in Rusk, TX. The pair was purchased in the Spr... (more)