The winter sun is setting on the Thermal Belt Railway's service in Forest City on New Year's Eve, 2008. The engine is on the former Southern Railway SB line, acquired by Rutherford County from NS... (more)
L&C train number 14 runs east by the local landmark restaurant, the Wagon Wheel, famous for fried squash. This is near several former Springs Industries textile mills, whose office staffs and ven... (more)
A southbound coal train for Wateree, SC zips by three L&C SW's as they hook up to a cut of grain cars in downtown Chester, 50 miles S of Charlotte, NC.
After meeting 243, BMW train 18D (Greer-Charleston) is lining back to the mainline. Meets here are less common now that a section of double track has been completed about half way between Spartan... (more)
After intense thunderstorms in the area, the weather quietened down for a pleasant sunset as WNYP's Farmer's Valley job heads north on the Farmers Valley branch and crosses the Allegheny River.
The north bound Carolinian passes 350 at the east end of the McLeansville Siding (CP Superior), 9 miles E of Greensboro, NC. 350 had just had a fire on their lead GP38-2 and had to add the catfis... (more)
P43 heads back to Charlotte without the Piedmont and Northern's F units, which were leaving the property for repairs.
Pickens' Belton-Anderson train heads west toward Anderson on former Southern/Blue Ridge RR trackage.
NS 204 races up the hill from the South Fork river with a tunnel of snow flakes zooming at 50 mph in trail. This location is 12 miles west of Charlotte on the former SOU main line.
The Masters/FEC OCS has a fresh crew and departs Bristol for points south.
751 has just got the whole train of empties from Allen Steam Station in Belmont up to speed as they hit track 2 northbound at Paw Creek. Just over 2 years earlier, these empties would have headed... (more)
The Farmers Valley job heads down the branch.
