Aberdeen & Rockfish Business Office in Aberdeen, North Carolina in September, 2010. The building would later undergo an exterior renovation. The caboose is on permanent display here.

IMHO the perfect southern shortline cabin car. I love that baggage door, so handy for company material etc. On this crisp autumn morning this car will add punctuation to one of two trains headin... (more)

Two eastbounds today! There's a low humidity chill in the air as the sun peeks over the pines in the east and crews are shuffling a few cars and those great old cabeese before heading out. Only ... (more)

Aberdeen Carolina & Western 600 pulling an empty grain train down the hill into Aberdeen

Seaboard E7A-B set with 3041 in the lead heads the southbound train, the SUNLAND through Aberdeen, North Carolina on June 6, 1960. Photo by Wiley Bryan, from my collection.

An ex-NS F unit brings up the rear of ACWR's brunch train as they arrive back in Aberdeen.

A pair of ACWR cab units bracket three coaches on an excursion train returning to Aberdeen from West End.

Aberdeen and Rockfish power, 73-year old GP7 no. 205, equally aged but substantially modified CF7 no. 2486, and youngster 61-yr old GP18 no. 300 rest outside the shops on a Friday afternoon. 205... (more)

A&R 300 is a GP18 that was built new for the Aberdeen & Rockfish in August, 1963. 61 years later, it remains in service.

A CF7, GP38-3 and GP18 sit outside of the Aberdeen & Rockfish's shops in Aberdeen.

A shortline unit that wears the original scheme, was bought new by its owner and is still working after so many years is rare indeed. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

The US Open Express train takes the ACWR Sandhills Sub out of Aberdeen, a rare trip for the Piedmont equipment.

The Open Express turns up the Aberdeen Carolina & Western in Aberdeen with an NCDOT F59PHI leading.

An Amtrak special slowly enters the Aberdeen Carolina & Western's Sandhills Sub as a couple railfans document their passage.

The Open Express slows to enter the ACWR-CSX interchange yard in Aberdeen, where they'll change ends and head to Pinehurst. The Aberdeen & Rockfish put an engine out on display for the weekend, an... (more)