A rare treat leads NS 15T down the Pulaski District. A candy apple red Soo Line SD60.

During a dreary Spring evening on an obscure branch line in rural North Carolina. A battle worn GP38AC coughs up a cloud of exhaust as if the engineer gave it a quick kick in its sides with spurs.... (more)

WSSB local from Bill yard to Cotton Grove runs light engines around his train before proceeding back northbound.

YV2 has almost reached the crest of the grade in downtown tobaccoville as his 3 veteran EMD workhorses lug their 45 car train toward Winston-Salem.

NS 123 headed up by the "Bee Line" makes his way eastbound in the early morning sun through Claremont, NC.

The silence is broken by NS 820 making a run at the hill on a cold, foggy and eventually snowy night at Herndon.

NS 762 is almost to Bluefield as he passes through what is left of the beautiful fall color which is still clinging on before the long nights of winter set in. In less than 16 hours the train woul... (more)

Spring is in full swing as a NS local heads towards Jefferson City for some switching with a classic NS high hood on the lead.

NS 52Z has just entered into North Carolina as he continues his journey toward Winston-Salem.

Just after sunrise Yadkin Valley Railroad train #1 arrives into the small community of Siloam, NC preparing to make a quick set off of covered hoppers in the pass track before continuing westward ... (more)

NS 1067 has seen its better days. None the less it's still earning its keep 5 years later on a Linwood bound slop freight from Cincinnati.

Passing an empty yard. Signs of a very slow coal economy. NS 18M departs Bluefield yard in the golden hour of the day.

The P-D District in happier times. Local power lays over the night in downtown Princeton, WV as a loaded coal train makes a quick pickup on its way to Roanoke, VA.

Warmer temperatures and cool nights bring about very thick fog in the Yadkin River valley. YV1 exits a rural section of trackage into a fertile river bottom filled with corn that is only a few day... (more)

Engineer Tim Smith stokes #12's fire during the night photo session at Tweetsie Railroads railfan day.