The Greenville and Western local stops to pick up a buffer car brought in on an earlier ethanol train. After making this pickup, they would retrieve two outbound ethanol cars before proceeding nor... (more)

A move of lightweight military equipment heads north through Gastonia. This colorful scene was quickly darkened as shortly after this photo was taken 057 struck a vehicle killing the sole occupant... (more)

GSMR 1702 charges hard towards Bryson City on what would be her first successful run all the way to Swain County.

T59 coasts through the Waynesville park complex on the way to switch Evergreen Packaging to the east.

With class(y) lights lit green, 3943 leads T59 back east to Sylva.

T59 drops off five cars at the west end of Hazelwood siding before returning eastbound light engine to Waynesville. I jumped out of my car on my way to work and shot this with my cell phone. It tu... (more)

THE CLINCHFIELD LIVES AGAIN. After passing Q696 at Rocky Siding and climbing the loops through Spruce Pine, Q692 continues north towards Kingsport. It's almost like it was 5 years ago... if it wer... (more)

T59 woke me up this morning and since it was nice I decided to grab a few shots. Here they are slowing to a stop at Evergreen Packaging. The conductor will dismount and go to plant office for pape... (more)

T59's three GP39-2's are screaming as they get back up to speed after having to stop to flag the dark crossing in the background. Behind them are 16 cars: 5 loaded 89' flats of rail, 9 loaded 33,0... (more)

NS P41 heads back to Charlotte with a long hood forward leader. A massive double tracking and grade separation project continues all around.

The summer days are long... the Tuck Trains are not.

We started our first railfan outing of 2020 by chasing the Waynesville local in the freshly fallen snow. This is the largest and only appreciable snow we've had this winter here in the Western Nor... (more)

T59 emerges from a tree tunnel and into the morning sun, passing milepost 18 and the Canton yard limits. The train is returning light after a short morning of switching in Waynesville to the west.... (more)

Conductor Tim Keegan gives big double thumbs up as his short Asheville bound train rolls by the storage siding at Coburn on the way out of Canton.

Done with the day's work, two of the Pickens' 'Baby Boat' head back for the yard in Gluck. I feel lucky to have caught these on the Gluck Job as they are starting to be replaced by ex CSX B40-2's.... (more)