173 leans into the curve at Avon in Gastonia with a ES44AC leader. Also the engineer gives us a friendly wave.

It's the mid to late 50's a J powered Tennessean has just knocked down a classic southern era intermediate signal on a chilly May first night. But realty is it's May first 2021 at the NCTM. But it... (more)

NS 119 struggle's to tackle the grade leading up to Lowell. You could hear the SD60E, SD70M, and D9W all in run at as they where coming by me. Note the classic Southern signals still stand at Lowe... (more)

A NS ACe and C6M leads 65Q mty ethanol train through Cramerton, NC. This is rarity for this stretch of the Piedmont Division that normally doesn't see these types of trains. So seeing one of these... (more)

Standard cab goodness? In recent light of NS announcing that they are going to start sending the SD70's to Progress Rail get rebuilt. I want to try and get as many of these an I can before they ar... (more)

On a cold dreary Sunday morning. 153 with the Conrail heritage unit leading glides across the Pacolet river in Converse, SC.

Rolling down the plant Allan spur and getting ready to enter the plant is PC20. They are bringing locomotives for a empty coal train that came out later that night. Soon scenes like this will be h... (more)

After putting together their train in Asheville. T31 with 4205 leading passes the fixed approach signal on the Murphy Branch.

NS 213 comes underneath one of my favorite set of Southern signals. This was taken at Concord, NC. The leader was 9029 a D9W.

On a clear December afternoon P43 with HH 5243 roll's along the pocket train in Belmont, NC. 43 will pull down to the switch to uncouple from it's train before continuing down the Allan steam plan... (more)

211 cruises through the town of Gaffeny and past CP Cherokee.

P43 makes it's way past the 2 MP on the plant Allan spur track in Belmont. It's hard getting anything running in good light here. Let alone a HH GP38-2. But I lucked out I guess.

212 rolls along past the snow covered Lowell, NC. The snow is still hanging around form the winter storm that blew through the area only a couple days before.

213 makes it's was through downtown Kings Mountain with two D9W's and a ES44DC.

NW 611 is coming into Spencer. NS 958 is crossing the Yadkin river bridge in this shot. It is about to close off yet another weekend of excursions. This was the Piedmont Limited. I want to say tha... (more)