Flagg Coal 75 rests quietly at the doors of the old back shop during a night photo session conducted by Steve Barry. At just $5, this night session probably offers more bang for the buck than any... (more)

Recently cosmetically restored SOU 542 (disguised as 604) watches on as Flagg Coal 75 puts on a show with the caboose train. Perhaps 542 longs for the chance to fill the Carolina sky with smoke o... (more)

Fire patrol New Hope Valley style. Note the water tank and pump being towed behind the engine on motor car trailers. In the distance, the high-railer that was giving rides to photographers can b... (more)

The Cass crews prepare for yet another 3 train "race". From left to right are: #11, a 90-ton model Shay; #2, a Pacific Coast Shay; and #6, a 90-ton model Heisler.

The "motley crew" waits in the Wilson yard on Easter afternoon to take a train of soybeans and empty sulfur tanks to Raleigh the next morning. The lashup includes a GP9R, GP35, and SD9, typical of... (more)

What I believe to be a Heron, which was fishing in a nearby swampy drainage ditch, takes flight as the CLNA Wilson switcher trundles along the overgrown right of way with 10 cars for the NS interc... (more)

This former Brimstone & New River model 70-3 Shay sits forlornly on the Cass dead line with a pile of metal rubbish sitting on the frame where the cab and coal bunker should be. The engine has a g... (more)

Most of the W&W's many bridges over the Red Clay Creek are smaller structures than this through truss bridge 98 is crossing as she arrives in Ashland with a wedding charter. Her engineer leans out... (more)

One of the best ways to see a long gone rail line is by bike and southwestern VA has two N&W branches that serve as two of the finest rail trails in the country. The New River Trail offers a ride ... (more)

It must have been my lucky day to catch the illusive CLNA crossing the span over the Pamlico River in pretty downtown Washington with a GP30 on the point. This was once part of the old NS line fro... (more)

Man & Machine...it's all about love.

A filthy ACE leads one of the highest priority trains on the A-Line, 40 cars loaded with Tropicana Juice, northward past an abandoned hut.

Clouds roll in over the scene creating some interesting lighting as two brand new GEVO's rush 81 cars toward Charlotte and ultimately Hamlet. See the guy jumping out of the truck at the crossing?... (more)

Denton is more about tractors that trains, but a steam loco no matter the size has an undeniable presence. Visit www.threshers.com.

We watch through the cracked window pane of this old 1941 Whitcomb switcher as it follows closely behind the passenger train on "fire patrol." A firefighter from the Apex FD keeps an eye on the br... (more)