The northbound return of the "Charlotte Special" passes through the small community of Landis, NC on a beautiful early Spring day in the Piedmont or North Carolina.

135 slowly snakes it's way up Old Fort mountain at one of the many crossing of Mill Creek just west of Old Fort, NC.

Hotshot train 237 accelerates through Crosswell and across the rarely photographed George's Creek trestle as it begins it's run down the Greenville district to Atlanta.

GSMR's "Tuck Train" crosses the Tuckasegee river as it enters Dillsboro, NC on a gloomy Spring afternoon. The train sports the freshly painted #2467 making its first eastbound run since... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern's T59 job brings eight cars eastbound across the trestle spanning the Scott's Creek and Skyland drive near Willits, NC on a cool early Spring afternoon.

744 slowly glides downgrade at the upper loop of High Fill in western North Carolina on the famed Southern Railway's "loops".

Stranger in a Strange land. NS #4002 leads southbound CSX train Q696-05 across the high trestle spanning Boone's Creek in eastern Tennessee on a beautiful afternoon.

The daily turn from Canton-Asheville is on the final few miles of it's westbound return as it crosses the high bridge just east of Canton, NC.

One of Norfolk Southern's newest leads eastbound Plant Marshall coal loads at Graphite on the loops in North Carolina.

A pair of CSX's de-rated AC6000s lead a Brice empty limestone train (and a rare daylight move) over the former Clinchfield trestle at Marion, NC crossing the Catawba river (and Lake James).

The Pennsylvania heritage unit leads westbound 135 over the calm waters of the French Broad river along the NC/TN boarder at Weavers Bend.

The lone SB that currently runs this portion of the ex-CRR is Q696, seen here crossing the Catawba river (and Lake James) near Marion, NC. In the distance you can see Brown mountain and Table Roc... (more)

The southbound Circus train bound for Atlanta departs Greenville, SC across the high trestle at Crosswell. This will be the last run of this iconic train over the Greenville district.

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern W44 departs Asheville under the classic Southern Railway signal bridge at Biltmore.

A cold morning in Old Fort ahead of Winter Storm Helena sees eastbound coal for Carrboro (Chapel Hill,NC) passing through the sleepy town of Old Fort. This train loaded at Kopper Glo the previous... (more)