Following the departure of the southbound Silver Star, the platform lights of the Cary Amtrak station illuminate the CSX rails which will now lie dormant until morning.
A local camera club is out on a field trip working on night exposures with the southbound Silver Star as the main event. Most folks seemed to have an enjoyable first time railfanning.
There are three things you can count on in life...death, taxes, and a late Amtrak. The Silver Star is running almost 2 hours late this morning.
The Carolinian makes it's nightly run through, you guessed it, Cary.
Norfolk Southern #5098, one of the few remaining high-nose GP38-2's, leads train 350 through Cary, NC.
The crew of NS train 349 waves to a waiting CSX MoW crew on NS/CSX shared trackage at Cary, NC.
The crew of NS train 350 tries to cool down on a hot summer day as their train rolls along the double track toward Raleigh.
Amtrak's Carolinian makes a station stop at Cary, North Carolina.
Amtrak train #80, the northbound Carolinian, gets under way after a station stop at Cary, North Carolina.
NS train 350 with CEFX SD40-2 #3162 in the lead resumes it's journey after stopping to get permission to enter a work area.
NS hoppers at Cary, North Carolina
NS 349 rounds the curve in downtown Cary, NC