It's not too often you see a Pennsy caboose, a Jersey Central F3, and a big blue Pacific side by side, but the scene seems rather fitting based on Jim Thorpe's colorful history as a town where man... (more)

One of the greatest locations along the CLNA "Little Washington" NC where the tracks cross the Pamlico then swing up the north side of the river. The old NS had a spur line off to the right to run... (more)

All I can say is thank you Pete Lerro.

The purpose of the annual 5-day Southeastern Old Threshers reunion is to give 1000s of visitors the chance to see what rural life was once like. Of course there are steam train rides, and here a r... (more)

Tracks into the lake? Well, not quite. At one of the less often photographed diamonds in the Carolinas, the WSSB crosses the former Yadkin RR, which swings out into the lake on a causeway, paralle... (more)

How many rail lines can you spot? While the Three Rivers Rambler boards its passengers on Gulf & Ohio’s waterfront-running Knoxville & Holston River, also visible are the bridges of NS (foregrou... (more)

A far cry from a GENSET! Looking back at this shot, I thought the name Brookville sounded familiar. It then occurred to me that this tiny 36" (note the 3rd rail) critter was manufactured by none o... (more)

A Carl Franz photo special passes the rarely used upper water tank (a rusty old boiler) approaching Bald Knob.

Former WP&Y #190 was built in 1943, has 48 inch drivers, 16x24 inch cylinders, and makes 20,100 lbs. of tractive effort.

A visitor from the SCRF is now up in Sanford to help out with switching chores, seen here pulling through the cramped A&W home base on the way back into town. Given the presence of the SCRF loco, ... (more)

It's after sunset the night of one of the biggest snows in recent memory in Rocky Mount NC, and things are a winter wonder land at the Tar River bridge just north of town. A late running P089, beg... (more)

Another closer look at the great looking little SW1's resting in the LRS yard. A couple of these units appear to be in good shape. I'm not sure if they still operate from time to time. The majorit... (more)

What's wrong with this scene? (Note the position of the crossing gate arms.) They activated as the train approached but deactivated just as the train came into view. These two units are eastbound ... (more)

After the stubborn spillways on the bottom of this ex-Southern ballast hopper were unclogged, the CLNA crew takes off dropping ballast along the mainline. Rock is being dumped from the front of th... (more)

Thanks to some help from fellow fans, this unit is actually a DS4-4-750 previously used by Warner Sand & Gravel. Updates to the info have been submitted. Baldwin built just 53 of these units from ... (more)