An ex Union Pacific 90MAC leads an NS D9 and three cars through Gastonia, NC.

Conductor Shad T. Wright calls car lengths for P43s engineer as they shove back.

The NS 5326 shoves back to pick more tank cars up.

After working the chemical plant on highway 321, 5326 uncouples from its train and heads to the Bruce scrap metal plant to pick up some gondolas.

After getting duped by a cloud in Belmont, I caught up with 119 just a few miles south in Gastonia, NC. Seen here, UP SD70AH 8981 leads a UP/NS/CSX consist as the train prepares to run through CP ... (more)

On 9/11, 8102 quietly sneaks by Gastonia with a little horn show. You never realize how quiet trains can be until you here them sneak up on you when there aren't any crossings around.

NS 119 prepares to take a signal at CP "Arlington" in Gastonia. The lead unit is part of a rapidly disappearing class of units on the NS system. With 16 AC44C6Ms being built in 2016 and ... (more)

Although I finally caught 119 in decent light in Belmont, I managed to botch the shot and was forced to give chase. Fortunately the train wasn't in any hurry to get anywhere (they had quite a tra... (more)

So after the events of Monday July 18th, 2016 that left the P&N with no locomotives to use. Well P43 the local took care of that. And let the guys at the P&N use there locomotive for today. And I ... (more)

As the engineer of the Piedmont & Northern job approached the crossing at the Waste Management of Greater Charlotte facility and saw a garbage truck enter the crossing ahead of the train, all he c... (more)

NS 212 bringing a CP second of three on a warn winter day even though the snow and ice were on the ground.

NS 212 bringing a CP with him in Gastonia NC.

NS 212 rounding the corner at lineberger road.

San Luis & Rio Grande power leads a train of storage tankcars being kept on the former Piedmont & Northern outside of Charlotte, NC on this beautiful January day. This power came to P&N once Iowa... (more)

San Luis & Rio Grande F40 number 456 and slug number 457 pose underneath a dramatic sunset at their new home near Gastonia, North Carolina, on the Piedmont and Northern Railway.