Durham-based local P07 slows works their way through rural Orange County, NC with a loaded coal train for the UNC power plant in Chapel Hill with a pair of four axles, a nice sight in 2024!
P07 hustles west on the NC Line as they prepare to go into the clear on the J Line ahead of Amtrak 80 with a pair of geeps and a coal train.
Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF18 in Fayetteville
A Wilmington to Charlotte road local works their way through Matthews in the late afternoon.
L702 arrives in Monroe with CSXT 1776 leading for Charlotte.
CSX's Veterans unit, an SD70MAC and GP40-2 lead a Wilmington to Charlotte local on the Monroe Sub at Wadesboro.
After meeting counterpart train 74 at Haw River, Piedmont 77 rounds the curve at Merill with F59PHI 1797 leading.
One of NCDOT's two F59PHIs trails train 74 through Merill.
Its bright smokebox contrasting nicely with the red, black, and gold adorning the engine, GSMR 1702 leads the 1pm gorge train into the Nantahala Outdoor Center on a bright fall day.
NCDOT's F59PH 1810 "City of Greensboro" departs its namesake community as they pass the UNC-Greensboro campus east of Pomona Yard.
Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF6 in Rockfish
A cut of former CN SD60Fs sit in storage on the Aberdeen Carolina & Western.
Two ex-CR GP38-2s hold at D&S Jct. for a couple Piedmont trains before heading back across on the former Durham & Southern trackage to Apex.
Crepuscular Carolinian | The sun has just begun to appear over the horizon on a cool Wednesday, December 20, 2023 morning as the day's northbound Carolinian service crosses the bridge over ... (more)
CSX B650 crossing the Catawba River on the P&N side