P87 makes their return trip to Asheville as they pull upgrade in the middle of the the Loops.
P87 slowly works around "the Loops" between Asheville and Old Fort with a train of woodchip empties for Bridgewater. This is one of the more amazing stretches of trackage to observe, esp... (more)
A pair of UP units lead a Bellevue, OH to Linwood, NC manifest around the curve at Kermit enroute to Kenova for a redrew.
A Bailey Mine, PA to Cross, SC loaded coal train races west along the Ohio River in the late evening.
The Zanesville Local returns back to town with a pair of Super 7s bracketing scrap gons, with a Providence & Worcester unit leading.
The Zanesville Local works the EastPointe Business Park east of town with the last active OHCR painted Super 7 for power.
A Wheeling & Lake Erie turn to Hopedale passes the crossovers with a former FURX/PRR SD40 rebuild leading. The switch indicators on the radio controlled turnouts give the look of an interlocking h... (more)
A four pack of A&O's ex-SSW GP38-2 rebuilds await their next assignment at the Sentinel Mine.
A local resident pauses to grab a photo of an NS empty grain train at Fetner.
L614 departs Apex with a slug set for power on a muggy afternoon.
A late Amtrak 79 heads out of Raleigh in the early evening.
Heading west on the Blue Ridge District, a train of empty hoppers returns to the coal fields for a refill.
278 splits the signals at Burkeville on the approach to Crewe.
824 nears the end of their trip in Norfolk with an EMD leader.
An extra 824 coal train for Lambert's Point passes through Blackstone with a Dash 9 leading.
