AMTK 80 has action on both sides of the train this morning. The prime mover on AMTK 57 belches out some jet black smoke and there's a welcome surprise visitor bringing up the rear, in the form of... (more)

Northbound Carolinian with an extra coach car in the consist to deal with the Thanksgiving demand. Looks like #13's decal needs to be reapplied. (Pentax K10D with DA 18-55mm lens)

The Carolinian blasts through Jamestown, and as usual it's almost a half hour late.

The Carolinian books it though the S curves at GTCC to make up some of the half hour it lost en route.

Running just a couple minutes late, Amtrak 80 makes its station stop at Salisbury. (Pentax K10D with DA 50-200mm lens)

80 rolls through downtown Thomasville on a sunny Friday morning.

A tardy 80 breezes by a group of railfans at Five Row.

Amtrak's Carolinian makes a station stop at Cary, North Carolina.

Amtrak 80 rolls past the old Kannapolis depot and the construction site of the NC Research Campus.

After almost hitting a truck which tore down some crossing gates in Salisbury, Amtrak 80 heads north over the Yadkin River.

Note (almost) full moon rising over locomotive

CSX Q411 stopped on track 1

Amtrak train #80, the northbound Carolinian, gets under way after a station stop at Cary, North Carolina.

A better day to be on the train than on the water!