Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF18 working Farm Chemical on Upchurch Siding

Aberdeen & Rockfish 205 in Raeford

Aberdeen & Rockfish AF6 pulling storage cars off the Laurinburg & Southern connection in order to spot a gondola at the Omnisource scrap facility

Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF6 working Farm Chemical at Upchurch Siding

Aberdeen & Rockfish AF27 pulling a string of intermodals for the short lived American Fuel Harvesters in Raeford

Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad GP38 405 has a few features that are not found out "out of the box" EMD GP38s, primarily extra vents behind the blower housing on the long hood, and the narrower-than-... (more)

Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF6 in Raeford

Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF6 at Upchurch Siding

Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF18 outside Raeford

In May 2005, Aberdeen & Rockfish GP38s 405 and 400 rest over the weekend in the small North Carolina town of Raeford. They were parked at the interchange with the Laurinburg & Southern. AR 405 wa... (more)

The A&R crew picked up a car at the farm supply center east of Raeford and took a quick break for a snack at Dundarrach on the way to Fayetteville.

'Cause every Foamer Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed Locomotive

Aberdeen & Rockford GP38 405, seen here at Raeford's Burlington Industries factory on October 16, 2008, is ex-NIMX 4... (more)

Many people have asked me over the years "What is your favorite shortline?" Well folks, here it is. And this photo typifies why. Two factory-original EMD units in spotless as-delivere... (more)

The daily train from Aberdeen has dropped three cars and its caboose on the main, and is taking an empty gondola on a side track to a scale to be weighed.

The daily Aberdeen and Rockfish local ambles into Raeford, NC on a warm May day. Thiry-three years later, the GP38 continues to serve its original owner.