NS local P84 heads south out of Clemmons over the Yadkin River with a rare NS high hood locomotive pulling some empty boxcars across the 1,040 foot unique trestle bridge that consists of steel dec... (more)

F820 with a couple of CP's leading a CSX continues towards Bostic. It's seen here crossing the Buffalo Creek in Shelby, NC.

Loaded unit phosphate train 60U enters NB in perfect lighting over the bridge. The 2 big AC units made easy work of moving this 80+ car train over the gap.

Knoxville/Asheville train 136 works it's way eastbound along the former Southern Railway "River line" in western North Carolina, seen here crossing the French Broad River near Hot Spring... (more)

Southern Pacific #8845 in a former life (now WAMX #4201) leads the westbound T-31 Canton turn across the high bridge just east of Canton, NC on a beautiful first day of Fall.

The Carolinian on the left, and the Piedmont on the right - two state supported Amtrak trains pose at sunset with the skyline of Raleigh in the background. The shimmer wall of the convention cente... (more)

ACW train 300 has just gotten underway after a fresh crew and a little switching work was done in the town of Oakboro a few miles West of here as they soar high over the Rocky River.

Southern Railway bay window caboose X498 brings up the rear of an eastbound local freight as it crosses the Catawba River Bridge on it's way to Salisbury, NC.

Who's leading who? Alexander Railroad #6 is towed westbound to it's new home by NS local P95. The unit will reside at the Southeastern Narrow Gauge and Shortline Museum in Newton, NC.

A pair of Canadian Pacific engines lead northbound empty Charlotte ethanol at Pigeon Roost on the former Clinchfield Railroad in a light snow shower.

The silence of a calm afternoon along the Catawba River is briefly broken by the passing of a loaded ethanol train for Charlotte, NC.

Easing through the loops as the engines cross Mill Creek and Mill Creek Road. The train has 100 cars and a pair of engines as DPU spliced in between cars 69 and 70 (not visible).

Blue Ridge Southern's W84 job makes the southbound run to Lake Julian with the first cut of 45 coal cars for the Duke Energy plant at Skyland. These trains are on borrowed time, with Duke making ... (more)

Having just departed the yard at Linwood, NC, AC44C6M number 4219 leads manifest train 135 south across the Yadkin River on the afternoon of October 12, 2019.

The Blue Ridge Sub is best known for the many photo locations through the North Carolina mountains. The south end from Marion to Spartanburg doesn't get a great deal of attention from railfans, b... (more)