NS 213 comes under the signals at Lowell on 6-11-2017. This spot my be my favorite for late afternoon trains.

These signals have stood guard for more then 50 years on the Charlotte District of the Piedmont Division. But that all changed on Monday 5-22-2017. NS 213 continues south under the old Southern Ra... (more)

1/40 handheld pan of NS 8827, one of NS's dwindling fleet of unique C40-9s.

NS 213 rounds the big curve in in Harrisburg, NC.

A secondhand SD90MAC leads priority intermodal train 213 past the impressive Jeffersonian architecture of the North Carolina Research Campus on a cloudless day in the Piedmont of North Carolina.

A look back at what once was. The Piedmont Region of North Carolina was the last place I'd expect to find one of the last of the surviving fleet of the once-proud Southern Pacific Railroad. At the... (more)

An almost fully circular space rock rises in the east as southbound intermodal 213 wonders down the Greenville District bound for Atlanta.

NS 213 comes underneath one of my favorite set of Southern signals. This was taken at Concord, NC. The leader was 9029 a D9W.

A short 213 heads south by Belmont with NS SD70ACe 1003. It's kinda hard to believe that some of these units like this one where starting to get delivered 6 years ago. Man don't time fly.

NS 213 eases up to a stop signal at Five Row as P61 clears the plant at Spencer and Rowan. Most would consider the huge pile of discarded ties along the right of way as clutter in the way of a goo... (more)

2579 sings through Belmont with a beautiful K5LA hooked up to a manual valve. This is the second time in three days that 213 has had a standard cab leading.

Thanks to a heads up from a friend and actually getting off of work early for once, I decided I'd take advantage of the beautiful weather and shoot these old signals again before they're gone for ... (more)

After getting word that 213 was steppin' on south with an SD70 trio (SD70/SD70/SD70M to be exact), I figured I'd head out to intercept. Here is 213 rolling under the seldom-photographed intermedia... (more)

NS 213 heads south to hotlanta with a trio of D9W's. The lead locomotive has went under one of just a handful of old southern cantilever style signals. This one is standing at Concord NC. Just lik... (more)

Standard cab goodness? In recent light of NS announcing that they are going to start sending the SD70's to Progress Rail get rebuilt. I want to try and get as many of these an I can before they ar... (more)