ACWR's Candor local departs Aberdeen on the return trip up the Sandhills Sub with a pair of SD40-3s.
ACWR 200 slowly cuts through Aberdeen with a train for the CSX interchange below town. The conductor protects the crossing as some other fans watch their passage.
ACWR's Sandhills local throttles up as they enter the main with a train of grain empties for CSX interchange.
ACWR's Sandhills Division freight waits to start their day at Candor before proceeding to Aberdeen to swap cars with CSX.
Remnants of a CSX AC6000 is seen at the ACWR's shops in Candor.
Some freight and passenger power await various stages of work at ACWR's Candor shops.
Quite an assortment of equipment is seen outside of ACWR's Candor Shops, including the ex-NS F units, former Iowa Pacific E units and ex-CN SD60Fs among others.
Three ex-CN GP40-2LW units, once the mainstays of the fleet, are stored on the ACWR in Seven Lakes.
Potash loads bound for Morehead City are midway through a short trek down CSX's Aberdeen Sub in between Cary and Raleigh.
L620 sails east into Raleigh in the early morning.
A lengthy RF02 rounds the curve at Rawls Church enroute to Fayetteville.
RF02 builds their train for Fayetteville on a hot afternoon in Fuquay-Varina.
NS 350 works their way up the CSX Aberdeen Sub with a BNSF GEVO leading.
RF01 prepares to depart Fuquay-Varina with an ex-CR GP38 leading.
L619 slows approaches a street festival in Southern Pines as a crowd at an event venue pause to watch their passage.