Down to the wire! NS P23 is seen here switching around Mooresville Business Park on the L-Line (Winston-Salem to Charlotte) with only three ex-SOU GP50s left in the system!

Down to the wire! NS P23 is seen here heading south on the L-Line (Winston-Salem to Charlotte) with only three ex-SOU GP50s left in the system!

Down to the wire! NS P23 is seen here heading south on the L-Line (Winston-Salem to Charlotte) with only three ex-SOU GP50s left in the system!

Down to the wire! NS P23 is seen here switching Southern States in Barber, NC with only three ex-SOU GP50s left in the system!

NS P23 rumbles through the small town of Mt. Ulla, North Carolina along Highway 801 with one of only three ex. Southern GP50s left on the NS active roster.

NS P23 rumbles through the small town of Mt. Ulla, North Carolina along Highway 801 with one of only three ex. Southern GP50s left on the NS active roster.

NS P23 rumbles through the small town of Mt. Ulla, North Carolina with one of only three ex. Southern GP50s left on the NS active roster.

Two classic high hood four axles lead NS local P23 south through a sweeping curve just north of Mount Ulla on the former Southern Railway Winston-Salem to Charlotte mainline.

One of three remaining GP50s on the roster leads NS local P23 south through Bear Poplar, passing the West Rowan General Store.

Last of a Dying Breed- Power for tomorrow's P23 has just been set off by local P61 at Barber Junction on the north end of the small trestle over "Old 70". Power for the train is one of only three ... (more)

NS P23, the Mooresville Switcher based out of Barber Jct., makes a rare appearance at Salisbury heading to Linwood with a cut of cars that P60 wasn't able to pick up, due to being short on time. ... (more)

Extra power for the Barber locals waits to be picked up and returned to Linwood.

A light power move gets underway down the R-Line passing underneath the signal mast at N Advance

NS P23 brings one car past the junction of the Charlotte-Mooresville O-Line and the Mooresville-Winston-Salem L-Line. The O-Line (former AT&O) once extended to Statesville, NC.