In the late October evening light, CLNA #23 returns the westbound train from Chocowinity.

A three-car train led by a GP30 crossing a 100+ year old half-mile trestle - this is railroading in 2010 on the Carolina Coastal. The Plymouth - Choco turn is heading back north across the Pamlico... (more)

The 3-car Plymouth - Chocowinity turn hurries back to Plymouth, disturbing an otherwise quiet day in the tiny dot-on-the-map known as Walla Watta, running between gardens, garages, tractors, and c... (more)

After crossing the Pamlico Sound, the Plymouth - Chocowinity turn picks up the pace as it runs through the flat fertile farm country of Beaufort County

The CLNA Plymouth - Chocowinity Turn arrived in Choco today with three cars, dropped one in the NS Yard, and now shoves the remaining two toward the CLNA yard tracks around the wye. Note the Norfo... (more)

Some 36 years after the original Norfolk Southern was folded into the Southern Railway network, its heritage still lives on throughout the Old North State. Here, the Carolina Coastal Plymouth - Ch... (more)

A pair of Geeps roll into the Chocowinity yard limits eastbound past an interesting collection of antique tractors.

On a nice spring morning, an eastbound CLNA freight breaks the silence of the forest as it breaks into a clearing shortly after leaving Wilson bound for Chocowinity. The GP30/35 lashup in charge t... (more)

CLNA heads east from Wilson to Chocowinity with a GP30/35 lashup and 20-some cars.

The whine of turbo-567's fills the air as the Carolina Coastal's only pair of matching units lopes along through rural eastern NC. Even though - like almost all CLNA's power - they don't wear CLNA... (more)

Heading east past the campus of East Carolina University. Note the extra abuttment to the left and wooden pilars in the creek bed. It appears there may have once been another track across this cre... (more)

The ingredients for a great shortline day: perfect spring weather, tranquil country setting, and a GP30/35 lashup doing track speed down jointed rail. Not to mention the large cut of woodchip hopp... (more)

It must have been my lucky day to catch the illusive CLNA crossing the span over the Pamlico River in pretty downtown Washington with a GP30 on the point. This was once part of the old NS line fro... (more)

You never know what you're going to get with the CLNA. Here a rough looking blue bonnet rolls through the back woods of eastern NC in the last rays of light with 18 cars for Plymouth. The 23 is ex... (more)

Rolling out of the sunset through rural eastern NC, a CLNA local rumbles along behind one of my favorite units, a GP30. The train is returning north to Plymouth with about 18 cars from Chocowinity... (more)