NS P41, the Kannapolis Switcher, heads south through Concord, NC.

The Monday after Christmas is "business as usual" for the crew of the NS Kannapolis Switcher. The crew has finished building most of its train and has just cleared up for Amtrak 73. Soon they will... (more)

Two UP SD70M's and an ex-Conrail C40-8 are in charge of grain train 52R. The crew is setting off its entire train at Bartlett Milling in Statesville, NC.

NS Linwood-Macon train 119 is just underway and climbing Yadkin Hill toward Spencer, NC. UP SD70M 5013 is passing an ex-Southern Railway caboose used by crews shoving coal to Duke Power's nearby ... (more)

NS P61 has just turned west on the S-Line enroute to Statesville, NC. The train is passing the historic Grimes Mill and has just entered the westbound yard limits in the 2.1 mile double track ABS... (more)

An NS horsehead leads a colorful consist, including three UP units and a CSX SD70ACe, across the Yadkin River Bridge. The train will soon enter the receiving yard at Duke, the south end of Spencer... (more)

Two UP units back NS 056 into the Old Spencer Yard at Salisbury, NC.

Q138 snakes through an S-curve alongside the temporary public road utilizing CSX's right-of-way to detour around recent flood damage.

A CSX coal train heading for the Bridgeport Subdivision crosses the Tygart Valley River as it departs Grafton.

A quartet of CW44AC's up front and another pair positioned midtrain lift CSX Q316 up the final stretch of Cranberry Grade on a beautiful fall day.

A Conrail Quality SD50 leads train Q388 past Station Square against a backdrop of downtown Pittsburgh.

A UP Powder River coal train, consisting of hoppers from various UP heritage roads, passes downtown Pittsburgh on the former P&LE.

CSX Q692 splits the signals at Ashford and slowly ascends the Loops. The ex-BN SD40-2 behind the SD70AC is not running, resulting in a slow climb. This northbound will meet an extra south ahead a... (more)

NS 134 crosses Mill Creek just before entering downtown Old Fort, NC. The Southern painted GP30 bringing up the rear of the consist belongs to the North Carolina Transportation Museum and wears n... (more)