An Aberdeen, Carolina & Western grain train powers up the 3% grade out of Aberdeen with a 90 car Candor-bound cut of hoppers.

ACWR 5521 is an SD60F that was built for CN as the number in 1989. It was sold to the ACWR a few years ago, and is one of a handful they ended up using in service. Recently, ACWR relocated the hea... (more)

ACWR 101 has a wide variety of power for Candor as they work their way from the CSX interchange at Aberdeen.

A loaded grain train grinds upgrade out of Aberdeen with an ex-CN SD60F leading a set of ACWR and CSX power.

An ex-CN SD60F leads an ACWR grain train upgrade out of Aberdeen.

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.