Less than 12 hours after this photo was taken, these ancient Southern Railway signals and lattice-style cantilever bridge would guide their final train through Norfolk Southern's Charlotte Distric... (more)

The morning of May 22nd, 2017 marked the end of the infamous Concord cantilever which has stood its ground and fought the battle with modernization and lasted far longer than it should have. But u... (more)

I have always wondered what 611 would look like under these classic Southern signals. And on 4-9-17 that happened. NS 957 with the NW 611 as sole power is running south to Charlotte with the Charl... (more)

For the first time in well over two decades, the "Mighty J" pulls an excursion train southbound to Charlotte, NC. Just seconds before this shot was taken, the tail end of northbound 214, a northbo... (more)

Something never to be repeated again NS 29G passes under the Concord signal bridge with a now retired NS C40-8 and a now rebuilt NS GP50. The signal bridge remains for the time being but its days ... (more)

NS 211 comes by the ageing and soon to be replaced Southern cantilever style intermediate. These are one of my favorite signals on the system. But as they say you can't stop progress.

NS P99 comes by CP Haydock with a catfish D9-44CW leading. It's road number was 9421. Haydock still has old Southern era signals standing guard of this turn out. But in time that will change.

A squadron of older EMD units leads train M18 across the deck bridge over US bypass 29 in Concord on a beautiful February afternoon.

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

Two historic items in this photo that are not long for this world; the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Red Unit" circus train, running as NS 048, rolls under the old Southern cantile... (more)

NS 213 heads south to hotlanta with a trio of D9W's. The lead locomotive has went under one of just a handful of old southern cantilever style signals. This one is standing at Concord NC. Just lik... (more)

A tired looking 2545 accelerates away from Concord after having been stopped to allow Amtrak 76 the run around the empty coal drag.

NS 213 comes by Haydock with a burnt out headlight and a SD60E. These southern signals at Haydock are more endangered then ever as we see that the road bed for the double tracking project is compl... (more)

AMTRAK 74 zooms past by me at Haydock it was set that 74 would meet NS 213 here. As you can see 213 waiting for 74 in the background. RNCX 1869 the City of Durham was set up for push service. The ... (more)

NS 213 with NS 7315 leading has a rolling meet with 204 under the old Southern Railway-era cantilever in Concord. The 7315 is just one of six active former-UP SD90MACs on the NS roster. The remain... (more)