Amtrak 74 rips north fresh out of the station stop at Salisbury, crossing the Yadkin River coming to Duke where they'd meet Amtrak 75.

The southbound Palmetto services the station in Wilson behind a single P42.

Amtrak 80 departs Cary with "Day One" Charger 301 leading.

Amtrak 80 departs Durham on an unseasonably cool summer morning.

Passengers wait to board as the Carolinian arrives in Cary in the late afternoon.

Amtrak's Floridian passes through Apex with P42s in two different schemes for power.

Amtrak 20 crosses the Catawba River at sunrise, heading for the Charlotte stop.

A pair of P42s lead Amtrak 40 into Raleigh via the roller coaster grades of the Aberdeen Sub.

A late P052 Auto Train hustles into Wilson behind a P42 leader just after sunrise.

Right at sunset Amtrak 79 "the Carolinian," pulls up to the Greensboro Amtrak Station.

The Carolinian pulls toward their station stop in Selma, exiting CSX and entering NS rails for the remainder of the trip to Charlotte.

Amtrak 80 hustles into Raleigh behind a P40 leader.

One of a couple remaining P40s on the active roster leads the Carolinian eastbound through the interlocking at Clegg.

North Carolina DOT's new 30th anniversary heritage engine for the first time since being painted leading train 76 in Concord

A pair of P42s lead the Floridian into Raleigh.