Led by a pair of GE locomotives, Norfolk Southern manifest freight 35Q rolls under the northbound signals in downtown High Point, North Carolina on May 22, 2014.

Norfolk Southern ES40DC number 7501 leads a northbound manifest freight train through downtown High Point, NC on May 23, 2014.

Amtrak's northbound Carolinian slows for the station stop in downtown High Point, North Carolina on May 23, 2014.

Canadian National locomotive number 5644 leads Norfolk Southern manifest freight 36Q north under the signals in downtown High Point, North Carolina on May 23, 2014.

With a steady rain falling, train 951 clears the signal at South Belmont in Belmont, North Carolina on May 15, 2014.

A trio of Union Pacific locomotives lead Norfolk Southern around a curve in Harrisburg, North Carolina on May 11, 2014.

Rolling south on track one, Norfolk Southern train 337 leaves the city of Charlotte, North Carolina behind on May 11, 2014.

Just before the sun sets on the skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina, Norfolk Southern train 348 rolls through town on its way towards Atlanta on April 24, 2014.

Southbound manifest train 348 rolls around the curve just before crossing Summit Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 12, 2014.

An eastbound manifest freight train rolls through the middle of Matthews, North Carolina on March 22, 2014.

Led by Union Pacific SD70M number 4218, Norfolk Southern train P94 rolls under Centennial Street in High Point, North Carolina on March 15, 2014.

A trio of GE locomotives lead a northbound train of covered hoppers through the Peppers Creek Road crossing outside of Marion, North Carolina on March 9, 2014.

A wide cab dash 8 locomotive leads a southbound manifest train past milepost 187 on the former Clinchfield line outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 9, 2014.

A loaded rock train rolls through the gates at Holman Hill Road outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.

CSX locomotive number 3151 leads a loaded coal train through the community of Altapass, just outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.