NS 119 enters the single track at Reid, four miles south of downtown Salisbury.

The "American Orient Express" rounds the curve heading south out of Kings Mountain, NC.

The "American Orient Express" rolls southbound through downtown Kings Mountain, NC.

Empties from Duke Energy's Terrell Steam Station prepare to stop at Shelby for a meet with Q696.

NS 214 is screaming into Gastonia, NC, with Crowders Mountain and other local landmarks in the background.

A gulf coast detour train, R106, charges onto the Nahunta Subdivision at Folkston heading south to Jacksonville as an empty hopper train rolls north.

The southbound "Rocket" passes the railroad museum in the depot at Folkston.

An almost new BNSF GEVO leads northbound 154 through Kannapolis.

With Old Glory flying in the foreground, CSX Q654 passes the observation platform at Folkston. It's only 10:15AM and this is already our sixteenth train since 5:25AM.

NS 337 rolls under the signals at "KN Tower," South Kannapolis on a brilliant spring day.

NS 153 gets underway at Graham with brand-new SD70M-2's 2724-2753-2754 leading older GP60 7102. The background buildings of the ADM milling complex will fall if plans to bury CSX's tracks under NS... (more)

Rail train 913 rolls south through Graham, where NS and CSXT cross at grade, with a colorful consist. WC's "Customer Minded Employees" 7551 and NS's "Operation Lifesaver" 4638 trail the leaser.

The crew of NS 153 takes their shiny new SD70M-2 for a ride around the wye at Salisbury. They'll depart with three of these beasts plus some older power.