Aberdeen, Carolina & Western train 100 in Oakboro
ACWR 101 arrives at the Perdue mill in Candor with 90 cars. They'll spot the train, run around it and unload before a turnaround back to CSX with their power.
The bright orange nose of a patched ex-CN SD60F stands out approaching Candor with a grain train in tow.
Five units and 90 cars work their way down the roller coaster terrain of the ACWR Sandhills Sub.
Nearing the end of the trip from Aberdeen, ACWR 101 pulls through Eagle Springs behind a colorful consist.
A couple ex-CN EMDs lead an Aberdeen, Carolina & Western train by a McDonalds billboard advertising the dwindling Dollar Menu.
An ex-CN SD60F travels through the Sandhills region of NC on the point of an ACWR train. Note the recently relocated headlights.
An Aberdeen, Carolina & Western grain train powers up the 3% grade out of Aberdeen with a 90 car Candor-bound cut of hoppers.
ACWR 5521 is an SD60F that was built for CN as the number in 1989. It was sold to the ACWR a few years ago, and is one of a handful they ended up using in service. Recently, ACWR relocated the hea... (more)
ACWR 101 has a wide variety of power for Candor as they work their way from the CSX interchange at Aberdeen.
A loaded grain train grinds upgrade out of Aberdeen with an ex-CN SD60F leading a set of ACWR and CSX power.
An ex-CN SD60F leads an ACWR grain train upgrade out of Aberdeen.
ACWR 5521 & 5558 switch cars around at Perdue in Candor before building a train for the NS interchange in Charlotte and heading west to Star.
ACWR's works a corn train for Mountainaire at Candor.
Today's train 200 is using what is possibly the ACWR's only active SD60F, a rare locomotive type in US railroading after CN retired the fleet. ACWR purchased 15 of these locomotives for reasons u... (more)
