On the close track, train P60 rolls under the Ellis Street bridge as it heads east into Salisbury, North Carolina on February 9, 2014. Heading west on the far track is train 135.

A high hood GP38-2 leads Norfolk Southern train P84 north through Thomasville, North Carolina at 10:30 PM on the night of February 9, 2014. This was my first ever successful night shot with flash!

Led by C40-9W number 9048, Norfolk Southern train 217 rolls along slowly as it departs Pomona Yard in Greensboro, North Carolina on February 1, 2014.

Having just decoupled from a cut of intermodal cars, the remote control operator of Norfolk Southern SD40-2 number 1630 guides the locomotive across Pomona Yard as he continues to shuffle cars to ... (more)

Running perfectly on-time, Amtrak train 80 blasts by Norfolk Southern Railway's Pomona Yard in Greensboro, North Carolina on February 1, 2014.

Having just departed Linwood yard to begin its journey south, Norfolk Southern C40-9W number 9348 leads train 337 uphill at a location known as "Five Row" in Salisbury, North Carolina on January 3... (more)

A pair of high-hood EMD locomotives grab two boxcars from the siding at Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) in Salisbury, North Carolina on January 31, 2014. PCA is the fourth largest manufactu... (more)

After blasting through downtown Jamestown, North Carolina, Norfolk Southern train 128 rolls across the Main Street bridge on January 16, 2014.

Making its daily run from Raleigh to Charlotte, Amtrak train 75 speeds into Thomasville, North Carolina on January 15, 2014.

Led by a pair of GE locomotives, Norfolk Southern train 159 cruises under the signals at milepost 305.4 in Thomasville, North Carolina on its way south towards Linwood on January 15, 2014.

Norfolk Southern train 213, led by C40-9 number 8826, rolls into Thomasville, North Carolina as it heads south on a sunny January 15, 2014.

The remote control operator of Norfolk Southern SD40-2 number 1630 climbs onto the locomotive as he continues to shuffle cars at Pomona yard in Greensboro, North Carolina on January 14, 2014.

With the sun slowly sinking below the trees, Norfolk Southern train P94 rolls around the curve just before crossing Hilltop Road in Greensboro, North Carolina on January 14, 2014.

With the specially painted "Honoring Our Veterans" locomotive in the lead, Norfolk Southern train 159 rolls under the signals at the north end of Pomona yard in Greensboro, North Carolina on Janua... (more)

A trio of locomotives lead southbound manifest freight train by Five Row in Salisbury, North Carolina on January 8, 2014.