173 crosses the South Fork River on her journey to Sheffield, AL.

UP 4011 leads NS 119 onto track one at South Fork.

A Linwood, NC to Macon, GA southbound heads onto the double track at Cramerton as it crosses the South Fork River.

NS 172 glides around the S-curve in Cramerton NS

NS 173 rounds the Cramerton curve, 15 miles W of Charlotte on the Piedmont Division main.

NS 213 winds through the south end of the reverse curves at Cramerton, 15 miles W of Charlotte on the former SOU main, with the warbonnet GP60M leading. The power is working hard with about 12,00... (more)

Three GP60's and an SD40-2 lead another very long 213 up the grade at the south end of the reverse curves in Cramerton, 15 miles W of Charlotte on the former SOU main.

A pair of C40-8's lead northbound intermodal 204 across the South Fork River at Cramerton, NC, 15 miles W of Charlotte, on the former SOU main line. The train is accelerating out of a rolling mee... (more)

Three GP60's bear down for the assault on the two-plus mile grade out of the South Fork River valley at Cramerton, 15 miles W of Charlotte. The crew needs to accelerate the approx. 8000 ft. train... (more)

A catfish leads 173 through the blooming Bradford Pear trees at Cramerton, NC, 15 miles west of Charlotte on the former SOU main line. A hard freeze claimed the blooms two nights later.

A solid set of UP power just endured a beating from the snow kicked up by long intermodal train 213 and cautiously peeks around the Cramerton curve to see if they have the light at South Fork. A ... (more)

Empty Belmont hopper train 751 (left) overtakes lame Triple Crown train 265 (right) at Cramerton, NC, 15 miles W of Charlotte on NS's Piedmont Division. 265 lost their air and had to wait for a s... (more)