The Yadkin Local poses with a Peterbilt truck in downtown Granite Quarry on a beautiful September morning.
A classic set of high hood GP38-2s lead the Yadkin Local east (railroad south) on the east side of Salisbury, with a short train of mixed freight for Gold Hill and Halls Ferry.
This is about as southern as it gets; two ex-Southern high hood EMDs lead local freight train P92 through Misenheimer, North Carolina in a simple scene with woods, powerlines, a gravel road, and a... (more)
NS P92 snakes around the jointed rail s-curve as they ease down the grade coming into New London, North Carolina.
Climbing a fairly steep grade out of Gold Hill, P92 passes the town's historical marker while a Southern Railway style whistle board stands ahead. There is no doubting the Southern influence in th... (more)
P92 rounds a bend approaching Zion Church Road west of Gold Hill. Note the jointed rail track, which accounts for much of the trackage along the branch line between Salisbury and Albemarle.
The Yadkin local passes an old mill in Rockwell, now home to Homestead Feed and Garden Supply.
On a beautiful late summer day, two high hood GP38-2s help take us back in time to Granite Quarry, NC on the NS N-Line, a former Southern branchline between Salisbury, NC at Yadkin Junction and Al... (more)
The "Yadkin Local" is seen here on the N-Line preparing to work some industries coming up in about 5 miles south of this photo.
The Yadkin Local swings into the curve at Granite Quarry, approaching milepost N-5 on the former Yadkin Railroad between Salisbury and Albemarle. This branch line still offers a lot of charm from ... (more)
The Yadkin Local passes a local farm located just (railroad) north of the local mining community of Gold Hill.
The Yadkin Local rolls through downtown Rockwell, passing a local feed and seed which gives away the area's heavy agricultural influence.
With only two of the three units online, the Yadkin Local struggles upgrade through Granite Quarry with a thirty car long train.
The Yadkin Local rumbles through Rockwell on the return trip to Salisbury with three GP38-2s pulling seven loaded rock hoppers.
The Yadkin Local trundles into the small mining community of Gold Hill on its weekday run between Salisbury and Halls Ferry Junction.
