NS #8364 leads southbound train 213 through the sweeping curves at Cramerton, NC.

Crossing the South Fork River just after sunrise.

FORD VS. ....ok there were no GM products to be had this morning, so it'll have to be Ford vs. GE. Three units lead a 14,000 ton coal drag to the siding at Gastonia.

After picking up a flatcar and running around the train in South Belmont, a pair of Geeps scamper back south with a local on the heels of NS 173.

173 crosses the South Fork River on her journey to Sheffield, AL.

UP 4011 leads NS 119 onto track one at South Fork.

A Linwood, NC to Macon, GA southbound heads onto the double track at Cramerton as it crosses the South Fork River.

NS 172 glides around the S-curve in Cramerton NS

NS 173 rounds the Cramerton curve, 15 miles W of Charlotte on the Piedmont Division main.

NS 213 winds through the south end of the reverse curves at Cramerton, 15 miles W of Charlotte on the former SOU main, with the warbonnet GP60M leading. The power is working hard with about 12,00... (more)

Three GP60's and an SD40-2 lead another very long 213 up the grade at the south end of the reverse curves in Cramerton, 15 miles W of Charlotte on the former SOU main.

A pair of C40-8's lead northbound intermodal 204 across the South Fork River at Cramerton, NC, 15 miles W of Charlotte, on the former SOU main line. The train is accelerating out of a rolling mee... (more)

Three GP60's bear down for the assault on the two-plus mile grade out of the South Fork River valley at Cramerton, 15 miles W of Charlotte. The crew needs to accelerate the approx. 8000 ft. train... (more)