NS Dash 9 #9857 leads NS 24X across the Catawba River north of Belmont, NC.

NS 153 crossing the Catawba River

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

For about a decade, a train sat on display at the historic Piedmont & Northern Railway depot in Belmont painted for the Milltowne Railway Line, a fictional railroad. The train had been moved to th... (more)

For some times, this diminutive 25 ton end-cab critter sat on a stotage track beside the former Piedmont & Northern depot in Belmont, North Carolina. The little guy was built in 1950 by General El... (more)

NS 154 crossing the Catawba River

The Charlotte Western returns to Gastonia behind an ex-UP/MP GP15-1.

NS 154 crossing the Catawba River

For about a decade, a train sat on display at the historic Piedmont & Northern Railway depot in Belmont painted for the Milltowne Railway Line, a fictional railroad. The train had been moved to t... (more)

In the original "748 fashion," the DPUs of a mid-month 750 lead 100 loads of Virginia anthracite down the 3-mile power plant spur. As signified by the towering high-voltage power lines, ... (more)

P43 makes it's way past the 2 MP on the plant Allan spur track in Belmont. It's hard getting anything running in good light here. Let alone a HH GP38-2. But I lucked out I guess.

On a clear December afternoon P43 with HH 5243 roll's along the pocket train in Belmont, NC. 43 will pull down to the switch to uncouple from it's train before continuing down the Allan steam plan... (more)

After picking up a couple car's from the CSX interchange at Mount Holly. The crew of the P&N take the train back to Gastonia.

Looking like an actual Penn Central unit. 750 rolls into Belmont with the "Peen Central heritage unit leading.

750 loaded Belmont coal drag rolls through a sorta out of the way spot in Belmont, NC. Just behind me this spot used to be where 5th street extension crossed the NS main. But that has since been r... (more)