A lucky leap day with P07 sitting on the runaround track in downtown Carrboro. It's quite unusual to see P07 out here at night as they usually run around lunchtime, but it seems the crew has tied ... (more)

P07 sneaks around a busy scene in Carrboro with an empty coal train led by an ex-CR GP40-2.

The daytime Durham local switches cars in Carrboro with a GP60 pair.

Norfolk Southern GP38-3 5835 collects the first of two cuts of cars to be pulled to the Cogeneration Plant while NS 7105 stays in the yard with the second cut.

A GP60 is coupled to a cut of coal hoppers in Carrboro as the P07 crew uses their other unit to spot loads at the UNC plant.

P07 pulls into Carrboro with a coal train bound for UNC Chapel Hill.

P07 pulls an empty coal train out of the power plant on the University of North Carolina campus at Chapel Hill. With 6 axle power banned on the J Line, this is one of the more interesting operatio... (more)

P07 uses all the real estate available to make their runaround move at Carrboro as they stop by the old station in town. Once they run around the train, they'll shove a single cement hopper to a f... (more)

One of the more unlikely Class 1 operations that's survived through 2022 in NC is NS's "J Line" branch to Chapel Hill, where the University of North Carolina has a coal fired power plant... (more)

It's a tight squeeze at Carrboro as P07 prepares to run around cars on the siding.

A family speaks to the crew on P07 between switch moves in Carrboro. The train's arrival was something of an attraction to many locals.

P07 arrives in Carrboro as they prepare to switch out the first half of their train.

Jammed between the old freight house tracks (left) and the spur to UNC (right) the "Southern Rail" restaurant has a little outdoor eating area filled with odds and ends including this large birdho... (more)

"Top Hat" GP38-2 smokes it up as it accelerates uphill with a cut of coal cars for the UNC Cogeneration Facility. The co-evolution of a number of industries and the railroad led to an odd arrangem... (more)

A school bus pulls up to the crossing just as NS local P07 activates the lights and bells.