A late-running NS P61 begins its trip westbound on the Asheville District with an uncommon consist of three 4-axle units. A GP38-2 rebuild leads a Conrail GP40-2 repaint and an ex-Southern GP50.

Two brand-new SD70M's, 2636 and 2637, are still in primer as they bring westbound 135 around the connection at Salisbury heading toward Asheville.

NS 337 has crested the hill from the Yadkin River and is entering Salisbury, NC. To the left of the train is the south end of the old Spencer Yard and the westbound main track for the Salisbury-A... (more)

NS 337 climbs Yadkin Hill into Spencer, NC.

It's a Big Blue takeover at the south end of NS's old Spencer Yard. NS P61, behind ex-Conrail C40-8W 8381 and C40-8 8313, passes an ex-Conrail EMD tied down in the yard.

NS 213 is passing what remains of Southern Railway's division-point flat yard at Spencer, NC. The old yard is still used for storage of trains and cars and is adjacent to the NC Transportation Mus... (more)

NS 118 passes the defunct North Carolina Finishing plant and crosses the Yadkin River, which divides Rowan and Davidson Counties. The crew will soon enter the receiving yard at NS's Spencer Yard i... (more)

One of several Carolina Power & Light trains recently loaded with import coal at Charleston, SC, NS 76Q pulls out of Linwood's receiving yard at Sharp.

"Ahh...they killin' me!" The crew of NS 350 is rolling through High Point, NC, enroute to Raleigh, and undoubtedly hoping they won't have to celebrate the New Year in the hotel in Raleigh.

An ex-Southern GP50 and ex-Conrail GP38-2 are building NS P05, the Asheboro Local, in the small yard at High Point, NC. The yard is along NS's Southern Railway Washington-Atlanta mainline at the ... (more)

A crossing signal protects the first grade crossing on Norfolk Southern's branch to Asheboro, NC. The crew of the Asheboro Local, NS P05, is putting their train together in the small yard at High... (more)

A BNSF Heritage II Dash-9 leads an ex-Conrail SD60M and a Santa Fe red-and-silver Dash-9 past Eleventh Street and into Salisbury, NC.

Bartlett Milling in Statesville, NC, is about to consume another unit grain train being set off by NS 52R. Ready to go to work in the sea of covered hoppers is Bartlett's plant switcher, seen behi... (more)

Some holiday cheer is still evident as a quartet of GP60's bring NS 214 screaming through downtown Landis, NC.

NS P23 brings one car past the junction of the Charlotte-Mooresville O-Line and the Mooresville-Winston-Salem L-Line. The O-Line (former AT&O) once extended to Statesville, NC.