2579 sings through Belmont with a beautiful K5LA hooked up to a manual valve. This is the second time in three days that 213 has had a standard cab leading.

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)

NS 213 comes by Belmont wasting no time heading south to Hotlanta. He had a D9W with a cool looking number board.

NS 173 make's a unusual daytime run past Belmont. It is in the late afternoon but this train usually get's to Belmont sometime after 12 midnight.

The first 119 of 2017 puts on a show over the Catawba with an all EMD lashup. Two of nine SD60M "triclops" locomotives lead an SD70M-2 giving it all they had to get 119 up to speed.

The NS 1072 glows brightly as they glide over the Catawba River on a cold December afternoon.

NS 213 comes by Belmont on the first day of December with a D8-40CW.

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)

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.

NS 119 come's by Belmont with 2 SD60E's We went back an our so it felt later than usual when he came by us in the late afternoon light.

A late NS 213 sprints through downtown Belmont as the sun quickly sinks toward the horizon.

It was defiantly worth the 2 hour wait to get 119 today. He had 2 SD70's your lucky to see 1 on a fright now let alone 2. But that is slowly changing now that NS is pulling them out of storage. In... (more)

An early 212 rolls through Belmont on a crystal clear Autumn morning.

NS 119 came by Belmont today he had my buddy shad on him today. He threw some old gaskets out to me and some other railfans. He had a M-2 leading the train today as well.

Familiar train at a familiar location. NS 119 heads south at Belmont NC with a NS rebuilt SD60E on the point he had a rather long train.