Switching the end of the line.

Heat waves of a HOT eastern NC summer day.

N&W J class #611 slowly crosses the Catawba River in Catawba, NC on its way to Asheville, NC.

Norfolk Southern's main line to Asheville, NC is just waking up and clearing the fog to start a new day.

Tools of the trade... coal and a shovel.

As part of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln the N.C. Transportation Museum hosted the Lincoln Funeral train and over 200 Civil War reenactors.

A unit grain train heads through Charlotte, NC

Operating as NC symbol 957, Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 begins its trip home from Spencer, North Carolina to Roanoke, Virginia. The train is seen racing through Ruffin, NC.

As part of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln the N.C. Transportation Museum hosted the Lincoln Funeral train and over 200 Civil War reenactors.