An empty BNSF ballast train has just met the Southwest Chief at the summit of Raton Pass and cruises eastbound toward Trinidad.

NS 274 works the train into the Walkertown auto rack unloading yard just north of Winston-Salem, NC on the former N&W "Pumpkinvine" line.

371 crosses the Seneca River as the sun is setting. In the distance is Clemson's Memorial Stadium, also known as "Death Valley", home of the Clemson Tigers.

After holding for 214, 158, and 36Q at the south end of the double track, 611 resumes the ferry move from Roanoke to Spencer at this location just south of Chatham.

The north bound Carolinian switches from track 2 to track 1 at the 11th Street interlocking in Salisbury, NC, 40 miles NE of Charlotte on NS's Piedmont Division. The Salisbury Switcher waits to en... (more)

A very late Q692-15 heads north over the Copper Creek viaduct as the fall colors begin to show.

NS 123 rolls out of Asheville Yard at Biltmore. The former station is in the foreground. The train is switching from the yard lead and origin of the W-line (with MP 0 at the crossing) to the S-l... (more)

T31 with only 5 cars crosses the French Broad River on Norfolk Southern's S-line at Murphy Junction. Just a few hundred yards ahead, the train will diverge onto the Murphy Branch with chip loads ... (more)

The westbound Zephyr has passed a herd of cattle at Rocky, gets the eyes of a herd of 25 elk between Little Ten and Big Ten curves, and is about to circle a second group of cattle at east end of E... (more)

A late-running P86 approaches the Amtrak station in Spartanburg en route to a chemical plant in nearby White Stone.

U722 stops to gather 2 more engines for the trip west to Loyall as a couple of Tennessee troopers stop by.

The Lackawana heritage unit leads 213 south on the Piedmont Division, crossing a swollen Saluda River as it approaches the south end of the Greenville area double track at Crosswell.

The day before Thanksgiving is almost over for the Pickens crew. They head north through the Greenville and Western interchange yard after dropping one ethanol car from NS in Anderson.

The Belton Job pauses just south out of the interchange with Norfolk Southern as the Anderson Job does some work in the yard ahead.