CSX S542 in Laurel Hill with CP Heritage 7016 leading
An MP15 swaps cars to and from the Charlotte Pipe facility in Oakboro.
ACWR's road train enters Oakboro with an SD40 pair.
CSX S542 led by Canadian Pacific Heritage Engine 7016 on the East/West Connection in Hamlet
A Norfolk Southern Railway train passes under the Southern Railway-era signals in Lowell, North Carolina. NS 3544 is a General Electric ET44AC built in June 2016.
1800 led a westbound train of storage flats to be placed in the passing siding at Old Fort. All of the cars would not fit so they continued west up the loops with the remaining cars for Asheville... (more)
Originally L&N (in this scheme), then SBD and now CSX with an odd touchup. Want to weather this one?
A outbound freight is headed geographically east and will soon reach the longest (horizontally) straight section of railroad in America. Likely it will head to the former ACL at Pembroke.
If this iron horse was a real horse it would have a very swayed back. I've always been fond of the SD35 line and especially the SDP. Apparently at some point following removal of the steam gener... (more)
The Charlotte and Western has traded cars with CSX in Mt. Holly and heads west across the South Fork River on the way back to the transload facility in Gastonia.
Aberdeen Carolina & Western train 200 working Perdue
When Rice Yard was built SCL, by then under the Family Lines umbrella, decided to crank out special yard units rebuilt from SD35s & SDP35s.. The downgrade even involved replacing the prime mover ... (more)
Aberdeen Carolina & Western 200 in Aberdeen
NS 798 slowly lugs through downtown Marshall on a sunny January morning.
Loaded coal train NS 798 swings into Hot Springs on a sunny January morning.
