A very colorful day continues as NS 173 heads south with BNSF and UP power. This train has just met 24T, led by a UP SD60M. Ahead of 24T was 118 with a pair of UP GE's. 118 itself followed the C... (more)

Possibly the most photographed train in the Carolinas this weekend was NS P64. Here the colorful local meets westbound 135 at Majolica.

Three CP units are in charge of Asheville District Local P64 as the crew passes the station at Barber, NC.

NS 213 leans into the curve at MP 348 north of downtown Kannapolis.

A battered and worn ex-Southern bay window caboose helps the crew of PL97 protect the shove move into Duke Power's Buck Steam Station at Spencer, NC.

A Salisbury Switcher crew is in charge of a rapid discharge unit coal train backing down the mainline to Duke Power's Buck Steam Station at Spencer, NC. SP192, second in the consist, has been a r... (more)

Linwood-Statesville Turn P61 is westbound between Salisbury and Barber with a "hammerhead" Dash-9 leading long hood forward.

UP appears to be running the show today, with a pair of their units leading both trains 173 and 135. Here, 173 blasts through China Grove.

NS P64 brings 80-odd cars to the party at Linwood as it swings through the S-curve leading to the mainline. This crew is short on time, so Linwood will take them ahead of two other inbound trains ... (more)

Today's SD60 show continued with NS 337. Here this Linwood-Charleston southbound is seen passing a 67E empty chip train tied down in the old yard at Spencer behind a UP leader.

NS 173 marches up Yadkin Hill after departing Linwood. This is the second of four trains led by an SD60 today.

NS 172 pulls through the plant at Salisbury after playing leapfrog with empty hopper train 781. The Charlotte Dispatcher let 781 pass 172 at North Kannapolis and then let 172 pass 781 at Salisbury... (more)

NS 135 turns west at Salisbury behind three big GE's, including one of each in BNSF's Heritage I and Heritage II paint schemes.

After suffering 88 minutes of delay due to NS 153's troubles, Amtrak 80 is finally up to track speed as it shakes the windows on the former Southern Railway station in Landis.

NS 134 and 135 meet on double track between Salisbury and Majolica. The exhaust from 134's power and the rolling track profile dwarf the 80-plus car train. Approximately 3.5 miles of track can be... (more)