When Everything Comes Together. It would be difficult to account for how much work went into the Norfolk Southern Heritage Units Event at the N.C. Transportation Museum for NS's 30th Annive... (more)

NW. What began with the formation of the City Point Railroad in Virginia in 1838 would later become part of the 1881 renamed Norfolk and Western Railway. Earning its nickname of “King Coa... (more)

SOU. The 1827 formation of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company is credited as the oldest predecessor line of the Southern Railway, which took that name in 1894. While tobacco and... (more)

During the Streamliners event, many unplanned things happened...such as this. A meet at Mesimore. None of the locomotives represented wear this paint anymore.

Commemorative Locomotive day will be forever by everybody there as hot. No, HOT! But the units were beautiful. Maybe we could have them back for a bath after ten years of neglect, AKA PSR.

B&O 722 at the streamliners fest , Spencer NC

It's been 10 years since the NS Heritage Fleet made their debut, and most of them are still earning their keep this year, during the 40th anniversary of the modern-day Norfolk Southern.

The End Of Pan Am Systems. PAR 1 (néeCN 6505, FP9A, 9/1954) was one of the out of town stars at the N.C. Transportation Museum "Streamliners" event in Spencer, North Carolina. As... (more)

Graham County 1925 gets some much needed sun after being in doors for several years. It was a surprise to see the Shay sitting outside of the roundhouse for National Train Day weekend at the North... (more)

Still serving the south, Southern Railway GP30 2601 drags a photo freight consist near the south end of the yard for National Train Day weekend at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

Oh....THAT intermodal...known by other names to those on the ground that morning, unkind names for sure. #611 returns to the NS mainlines with this run, dream come true for many...and seemed to o... (more)

NS 955 gets ready to blast off from the North Carolina Transportation Museum, bound for Strasburg Pennsylvania. It was around this time that a crowd of railfans poured into the museum parking lot ... (more)

A family portrait of the steam locomotives at the North Carolina Transportation Museum's roundhouse.

It was a fitting but unusually chilly night in North Carolina during the Polar Express runs this season. Thankfully, there was plenty of coal in the bucket for the stove. The Conductor and NCTM Tr... (more)

#611 wakes up the neighborhood heading out towards the mainline.