Built for Norfolk Southern in 1955, then bought by Peabody Coal in 1975, NS 1616 sits quietly on display in the Bob Julian roundhouse at the NCTM.

So whose railroad is this again? After heading up to Five Row to (hopefully) catch NS 1069 leading 135, I was instead treated to a colorful consist representing no less than three class I railroad... (more)

Southern railway 6133 gets the 11:30am museum train rolling from Barber junction.

The training first responders unit sits in front of a C&O F unit at the NCTM.

The Class J 611 sits in the Bob Julian roundhouse getting some touch ups before her 2017 excursion schedule begins!

Daily local P61 begins their journey to Oyama (Hickory, NC) with three veteran EMD products, the typical power for this train.

After heavy snowfall blanketed the Carolinas the day prior, I decided that I needed to get out and take a few shots. The first train we see is train 135 bound for Tennessee pulling the grade at Fi... (more)

Amtrak 75 kicks up snow dust as they highball toward their next station stop in Salisbury. It took me slipping and falling in the snow and almost sliding down a small hill to get this shot.

Executive Fs looking more in character with a freight train ready to head west make a fine sight in one of the most photographed re-creations.

A classic spartan cab SD70 leads a train of Chapel Hill bound coal loads through the curve at East Spencer as the N&W 611 deadhead move arrives on the north Old Spencer Yard lead on a snowy aftern... (more)

A light snowfall greets the N&W 611 as it steams up Yadkin Hill on its final approach to the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where it will spend the next few months getting prepared for anot... (more)