The daily Plymouth to Chocowinity turn has almost reached its destination after emerging from the pine forests of the Coastal Plain to cross the Pamlico River on the old-NS mainline.
Waters of the Pamlico River lap against the shore, sea gulls screech in the air, the smell of loaded wood chip hoppers is carried along by the breeze, and the old trestle across the river groans i... (more)
An overview of the Chocowinity Yard used jointly by NS & CLNA looking north as the CLNA Plymouth to Choco turn switches the south end with their former Mississippi Export Geep. This is all trackag... (more)
While most of their running is through the fields and forests of Eastern NC, there are a few locations - such as the crossing of the Pamlico River in Washington - that really put the "coast" in Ca... (more)
Running LHF, CLNA 95 heads east across a tributary of the Pamlico River returning to Plymouth from Chocowinity with a cut of empty log cars headed for loading. "Old Yeller" is pretty hard to miss ... (more)
After arriving with cars from Plymouth, 95 and her crew switch the east end of the CLNA's Chocowinity yard and will wait for over an hour for the arrival of the eastbound job from Wilson before ma... (more)
After arriving from Plymouth, CLNA 95 left her train on the main to couple onto the headend of the train off the Bellhaven branch which was lead by CLNA GP10 8311. After both trains are put togeth... (more)
You just can't help but take a picture at a place called Walla Watta. The rarely photographed Carolina Coastal Pinetown Switcher rolls due south through the rural farmland of Eastern NC headed for... (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)
