In the last light of day. 119 rolls south by the church and round a sharp curve in Cramerton.

Something that is slowly going away at Norfolk Southern are there SD60's. They are becoming SD60E's so I try and get them when I can and this time one was leading. This one is nice because it is a... (more)

NS 119 comes by Belmont with a ES44DC leading and last in the consist is a XN&W SD40-2.

Norfolk and Western serves the South? Word got out that 212 had 8103 leading. So I went down to the state line at Grover to intercept.

NS P61 the train to catch at Five Row. Because you can always here the grate sound the old EMD power makes coming up the hill in notch 8. Ns 1651 started life as a N&W SD40-2 before is became NS 1... (more)

I picked this spot in Cramerton initially because I knew 153 was going to track two. Also the light here for late afternoon trains was going to be really good. But I decided to get creative with t... (more)

NS 213 comes by Belmont with the power everyone was talking about today he had a UP leading a NS D9 2nd of 3 and the 8099 southern heritage unit 3rd of 3. we heard him on the scanner talking to 28... (more)

Starting to look more like spring then winter. NS 154 comes by Cramerton with one of the blue mane DC to AC locomotives. I have been wanting one of these in the lead for a while now. The leader to... (more)

Today must have been the day for standard cabs because 213 had a D9-40C standard cab leading today. And with a friendly wave from the conductor.

On a picture perfect afternoon. The Monongahela heritage unit leads 50V bound for Monetta by the ever changing Charlotte, NC skyline.

NS 173 is either running at a new time out of Linwood or they have changed his time he pulls. Because he has been running put of Linwood anywhere form 10:00Pm to 12:00AM. But he is seen coming by ... (more)

Defiantly the train of the afternoon. K446 lead by a CSX 40-2 and two UP's lead's a empty ethanol train through the country side of Iron Station. Headed for Bostic and up The Clinchfield.

Next was grain train 41W. He is headed north under the old SOUTHERN intermediates at Lowell NC. These are one of the last southern signals left on the Piedmont Division as PTC slowly takes over.

A consist that you don't see to often. So I get a text from a friend saying a SD80MAC was leading 213 so I said I can't pass this up. He also had 2 standard cab D9s running elephant style.

NS 213 comes by Belmont as the sun starts to set. He was coming through Belmont under a 10 MPH slow order that was put in place here. Usually he would be doing more than that.