Carolina Coastal GP16 #1721, still in it's old Aberdeen Carolina & Western paint, shoves a large cut of coal hoppers towards the shut down ALCOA Plant in Badin,N.C. where they will be placed into ... (more)
The CLNA 1721 pulls a cut of recently activated coal cars out of the ALCOA plant. The cars will be spotted on the WSSB connection track for pickup by the WSSB. Here they are heading through the ca... (more)
An interesting find in the woods near the Old Whitney boat ramp along the shores of Badin Lake: a cold CLNA 1721 rests at the derail at the end of her siding waiting for the rare chance to get fir... (more)
A CLNA freight returns east to Wilson through the hamlet of Sims in the late afternoon. 1721, still looking sharp in the paint of her former owner, was built as a GP18 for the SAL in 1960.
What's wrong with this scene? (Note the position of the crossing gate arms.) They activated as the train approached but deactivated just as the train came into view. These two units are eastbound ... (more)
Coming home from the Outer Banks on a Monday morning, we found this Carolina Coastal train finishing work at the end of the line in Plymouth.
