The 3RR's sharp looking little SW1 backs through downtown Knoxville following 2-8-0 203 to her train.

The conductor of F728 (whose train is to the left) has just handed off an EOT (seen on the front deck of CSXT 3) to the crew of F727, which is turning southbound onto the Parmele Sub from the Caro... (more)

Overpowered? Maybe, but just the right train length for this shot rolling north through the South Branch Valley.

Even this P42 looks rather graceful gliding over the Roanoke River. What's left of the old Seaboard bridge is in the foreground.

A couple of GE's head towards their destination of the Rocky Mount yard with 124 cars from Philadelphia on a very busy Saturday morning. What's not so evident from this nice sunny shot is that a ... (more)

Heading westbound on the old-NS mainline from Chocowinity to Wilson in the evening, this GP9/35 pair is making good time with 20-some cars as they pass the old freight shed trackside in Simpson. W... (more)

The ARR isn't all gleaming passenger trains, here a Geep goes about switching a flatcar loaded with axle sets passing an old warehouse complex.

The Nash County is a former ACL branch now operated by Gulf & Ohio that runs about 15 miles from the CSX interchange in downtown Rocky Mount to just west of Nashville NC. One of the line's four un... (more)

Looking back through some shots of this vintage diesel charter on the beautifully rural South Branch Valley, I realized that surprisingly, no one posted a shot of our freight rounding this impress... (more)

It's apparent that NS is still responsible for maintaining this crossing on the legs of the wye that connects the NS Choco yard with the CLNA Choco yard. (Probably not a bad number to have in your... (more)

This little Duke Power critter goes about its switching chores at Spencer.

The CLNA Plymouth to Chocowinity turn passes through a backyard on its trip back north. The 4624 is one of 5 such ex-GTW units on the CLNA. The first, #4621, was acquired in 2010 and the line was ... (more)

The heart of the old logging operation at Cass was this mill built in 1922 after the original 1902 mill was destroyed by fire. The "new" mill ran until 1960, and it too burned in the early 1980s. ... (more)

Dueling widecabs...not really much contest as to which one would take the award for good looks, especially with the AC&W's new "The Carolina Route" herald adorning the noses of its freshly painted... (more)

Rolling out of the sunset through rural eastern NC, a CLNA local rumbles along behind one of my favorite units, a GP30. The train is returning north to Plymouth with about 18 cars from Chocowinity... (more)