CLNA heads east from Wilson to Chocowinity with a GP30/35 lashup and 20-some cars.

The whine of turbo-567's fills the air as the Carolina Coastal's only pair of matching units lopes along through rural eastern NC. Even though - like almost all CLNA's power - they don't wear CLNA... (more)

After arriving from Plymouth, CLNA 95 left her train on the main to couple onto the headend of the train off the Bellhaven branch which was lead by CLNA GP10 8311. After both trains are put togeth... (more)

Blasting over the CSX diamonds and past the landmark ADM mill in downtown Charlotte.

Heading east past the campus of East Carolina University. Note the extra abuttment to the left and wooden pilars in the creek bed. It appears there may have once been another track across this cre... (more)

The ingredients for a great shortline day: perfect spring weather, tranquil country setting, and a GP30/35 lashup doing track speed down jointed rail. Not to mention the large cut of woodchip hopp... (more)

You just can't help but take a picture at a place called Walla Watta. The rarely photographed Carolina Coastal Pinetown Switcher rolls due south through the rural farmland of Eastern NC headed for... (more)

The local that serves the south end of the Parmele Sub passes a former ACl depot under restoration in Winterville. The depot was recently returned to the site and will be one of several nicely res... (more)

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)

CSX local F728 heads north out of Greenville in the morning on its daily turn to the yard in Rocky Mount as it passes through rural eastern NC farmland.

Another view of the Graham interlocking in downtown Charlotte, this time a wide angle of a southbound NS barrelling past the towering ADM plant into nice winter sun. The CSX diamonds are just behi... (more)

Looking north up the NS Charlotte District (former SOU), we watch as the CSX heads west on the Charlotte Sub (ex-SCL, exx-SAL) across the diamonds at Graham interlocking. The CSX has just waited f... (more)

Don’t let the big GE’s fool you, CSX may be a Class I, but their operations in Eastern NC are all branchlines. Six days a week, F728 ferries cars collected by locals from Greenville up to the ... (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)

The DPU on the tail end of a southbound loaded coal train hits a spot of sun shining into the Toe River valley as it shoves out of the holler at Toecane.