After waiting for 25 minutes for Amtrak 79, the Carolina Coastal Wilson Switcher heads south across the CSX A-line.

CLNA train #120 (Wilson-Chocowinity) passes through the small hamlet of Simpson, NC.

Crossing the Pamlico returning to Plymouth from Chocowinity on the old NS mainline.

An ex-CN/GTW rebuild switches the Choco yard on a bright spring morning after swapping cars with the CLNA 120 from Wilson.

Westbound on the old Norfolk Southern.

GTW country? Hardly. It's not often that the 'Coastal uses 3 units east of Wilson, and it's even rarer that they will match - if you can call these old bandits matching. So when the westbound Wils... (more)

Other than a little chit chat in front of the local filling station, all is quiet as the 'Coastal's Wilson switcher blasts through downtown Walstonburg.

One of the greatest locations along the CLNA "Little Washington" NC where the tracks cross the Pamlico then swing up the north side of the river. The old NS had a spur line off to the right to run... (more)

There's not too much going on in Bunyan NC other than screen doors flapping in the breeze and the soft burbling of a 567 as the CLNA rolls by northbound with 11 cars shortly after departing Washin... (more)

The CLNA Plymouth to Chocowinity turn passes through a backyard on its trip back north. The 4624 is one of 5 such ex-GTW units on the CLNA. The first, #4621, was acquired in 2010 and the line was ... (more)

Coastal Carolina's Plymouth Switcher crosses the Palmico River Trestle as it begins its run back toward Plymouth on a clear May morning.

A caboose sanctuary sits on the siding near the crossing of Memorial Drive and the Carolina Coastal Railway. May 2011.

SPEED BUMP! Ok, this hump is actually rather exaggerated in this 150mm view. However, it is interesting to note the many small wooden bridges over irrigation canals along the CLNA Belhaven branch ... (more)

As a storm front moves over the lowlands of eastern NC, a CLNA local gets rolling out of the small town of Belhaven with empties bound for the junction with the CLNA mainline at Pinetown, 17 miles... (more)

The vast flat coastal farmland stretches out in all directions as a tiny local rocks and rolls out the 'Coastal's Belhaven branch on old overgrown trackage with 2 cars of lime headed for farmers a... (more)