Norfolk Southern`s Yadkin Local cuts through the campus of Pfeiffer University. The NS N-Line built as the Yadkin Railroad branches from the NS mainline in Salisbury NC and ends in Albemarle NC al... (more)

After performing their switching duties at the milepost N-10, P92 continues to their next assignment along the old N-line Between Salisbury and Albemarle, NC.

NS P92 kicks cars near the milepost N-10 in Rockwell, NC.

E80 splits the Southern Railway signals at Azalea as it approaches Asheville, NC with a special High/Wide car for the Evergreen mill at Canton, NC.

Highhood GP38-2 5156 brings p89 over the old jointed rail of the Silverline Branch along Riverside Drive in Asheville as it heads back to the yard in town.

A highhood GP38-2 and GP40-2 pair roll towards the yard in Asheville on local p89 as they return from Woodfin, NC where they worked the Silver-Line Plastic facility.

Looking right at home, P87 departs Asheville with a solo HH leading the way.

High-hood power at Old Fort looks right at home as 956 passes the restored Old Fort station with three passenger cars in tow for the upcoming 611 excursions in April from the NCTM.

Right place, right time: Arriving back into Asheville after work, the tower mentioned that a loaded coal train on main #1 needed to be pulled out and placed into one of the yard tracks so a Sperr... (more)

NS 5156, a high nose GP38-2, leads NS 371 southbound at Oostanaula Bend Road, south of Calhoun, GA on August 5, 2015. The day before, I had driven up from my house in Rockmart (50 miles one way) t... (more)

NS 371 rolls through Oostanaula this morning with one of the best leaders I have ever shot on a train - a high nose GP38-2. High nose units have become rare in the railroading world, especially le... (more)

As a spring storm starts to set in on the town of Clinton, Tennessee, a trio of GP38-2's work East Siding, seen from underneath a shade tree.

Former Southern Railway GP38-2 #5156, easily recognizable with the high short hood, sits at the south end of the Old Yard at Salisbury along with three other Geeps and an old N&W caboose (now used... (more)

"Switchin' In The Yard"
High hood NS GP38-2s 5156 & 5124 move around some cars around on the main in the south end of Vardo Yard in Hagerstown, MD on a recent afternoon.

Disrupting the silence in downtown Nitro at the early morning hour of 2am, a severe thunderstorm rolls across the Kanawha Valley, bringing with it an impressive lightning show. The single yard eng... (more)