Amtrak's NCDOT operated "Piedmont" wastes no time getting out of Kannapolis.

Three thoroughbreds are on the head end of train 44A, southbound grain loads out of Linwood Yard.

RJ Corman switchers sit on the house track in Kannapolis NC awaiting on NS to pick them up where they will be dropped off in Rock Hill SC for the local to take to transfer to CSX

NS 213 cruises through the birthplace of famous NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt with an example of classic NS power in charge.

With things working as usual in the Piedmont, 338 sat in Rock Hill for nearly three hours before finally making a move toward Charlotte. With dusk rapidly approaching, my options for a decently li... (more)

A secondhand SD90MAC leads priority intermodal train 213 past the impressive Jeffersonian architecture of the North Carolina Research Campus on a cloudless day in the Piedmont of North Carolina.

N&W J Class 4-8-4 611 passing through Kannapolis, NC on it's way to Charlotte

Norfolk & Western 611 leads the southbound Charlotte Special through Kannapolis, NC

NS 119 comes by CP North Kannapolis for what could be the last time. It's not that the train is being changed but that the CP is going to be changed. Form what I have heard they are moving CP Nort... (more)

A short P99 comes under the old Southern intermediates known as Glass. P99 had a ET44AC number 3626 NS has some more of these set to be delivered sometime this year.

Thanks to a heads up from a friend and actually getting off of work early for once, I decided I'd take advantage of the beautiful weather and shoot these old signals again before they're gone for ... (more)

As storm clouds begin to roll in, Belmont coal train NS 750 rolls through Kannapolis with a mixed-bag consist of a GEVO, SD70ACU, and an SD40-2. An ET44AC and SD70ACe were also pushing on the rear... (more)

New rail laid on track two between Kannapolis and Haydock, this particular section located near the "Glass" intermediates near the 351 MP. 136= 136 lb/yd rail RE= Rail manufactured t... (more)