Headed for Fayetteville, the daily train has just topped the stiff grade south of Aberdeen and is drifting down one of the the many humps between here and the destination. I loved the little side... (more)

The ACW 600 crew had an unusual day when this car pulled apart as they were pulling an 88 car unit of corn up the Aberdeen hill. The center sill had a large old break that was improperly repaired.... (more)

While Amtrak's Silver Star passes by each day, it doesn't stop at Union Station in the town of Aberdeen, North Carolina. This nicely maintained depot was built around 1900. The Victorian-... (more)

This locomotive has seen a whole lot of service since it was built for the Santa Fe in 1951. Here it's coupled up nose-to-nose with one of the A&R's GP38s, awaiting some TLC after coming up from t... (more)

I had just moved from CA back east was a thrilled to be only 4 hours from the farm. The days were crisp and the reddish sun angle enriched the colors as this daily freight prepared to depart for ... (more)

Special passenger train carrying dignitaries from Raleigh to Wagram, NC seen here Aberdeen, NC in this July 1957. Bob Drake photo, collection of Tom Sink.

Southbound SAL freight passing through Aberdeen, NC in March 1966. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.