WMSR 734 thunders into Brush tunnel on a photo freight.

In a scene that could have played out seventy years ago, two inquisitive children are dwarfed by the huge behemoth reversing into the yard.

The autumn silence is shattered as WMSR 734 pours on the steam approaching Brush tunnel as the sun breaks through the clouds.

Southern #2601 sits in the darkness as her children get all the fanfare.

Old meets new as Southern 630 splits the signal and passes southbound auto-racks going into Charlotte.

Framed by Grimes Mill, Southern #630 heads northwest towards Barber, NC. The mill is actually older than the locomotive by eight years.

Railfans jump out of their cars to photograph UP 844 rolling over the elevated trestle heading east out of St. Louis.

Railfan ponders the immensity of a steam locomotive.

Railroading in Western Carolina may have looked not too different than this 100 years ago.

A local with GP38-2 #5107 at the head rolls through the pouring rain towards Richfield

#5252 passes a southbound in the siding as it rolls north out of Charlotte.

Ben at the throttle of #3309, switching tank cars on a warm spring afternoon.

Young railfan looks out in awe as the GSMR GP9 rolls out over the bridge.

Southern 6900 sits pretty at the NC Transportation Museum roundhouse at Spencer, NC.

Southern 6900 turns on the roundtable prior to being put away for the evening.