The Canton-bound local is in the foreground with Southern bay window caboose X386 as a empty coal train follows on the other mainline on the double track bridge over the French Broad River in Ashe... (more)

Southern and now NS must have had some bad experiences at grade crossings, such as fatalities among their crews, to make them order control stands like this. You can't see much of anything runnin... (more)

NS coal train southbound seen on of my first railfan trips on my own out of Florida. It was amazing seeing mountains and a very busy railroad much busier than what I was used to.