Watco's Blue Ridge Southern train T31 snakes its way through Asheville's former industrial heart (now River Arts District).

237 blasts through downtown Norris under dark skies.

Just after 4 am EST and the silence in Old Fort, NC is broken by another load of coal for Plant Marshall near Hickory, NC. The full moon was a nice touch on this cool summer morning.

The late afternoon sunlight shines on a departing empty DKPX train as it leaves Asheville, NC.

A cool summer evening greets eastbound manifest train 134 as it passes the restored Southern Railway depot in Old Fort, NC with the freshly washed Honoring our Veterans unit leading.

135 features a colorful consist as it snakes its way up the Old Fort loops on this beautiful late summer afternoon.

CLNA train #120 arrives in Chocowinity after making the morning run from Wilson with nearly 100 cars. A quartet of former Grand Trunk GP9R's are in charge of the run this morning.

CLNA train #119 departs Chocowinity in route to Plymouth through the lowlands of eastern North Carolina.

Both CLNA trains #119/#120 switch power around in the yard in Chocowinity, NC as CLNA #4612 will lead a 94 car train east towards Plymouth.

Carolina Coastal's #119 (Plymouth Turn) crosses the calm waters of the Pamlico river with 94 cars (74 for storage) on this beautiful July morning.

37Q cruises across the calm waters of the Holston River behind Citirail power on this beautiful summer day.

The Monongahela colors are seen far from their intended location as 135 has completed its climb up the Southern Railway loops heading west for Asheville, NC.

Very few things symbolize N&W more than code line and CPL's. The 611 looks right at home passing the CPL at Concord, VA on its excursion run to Petersburg.

Trying to figure out if this in 1985 or 2015. Cascade Green still roams the rails, in a very odd place. The BMW turn departs Hayne yard to head back to Greer, SC with one of the two remaining SD... (more)

In a scene straight out of 1955, N&W #611 leads an eastbound train past the CPL's at Bowler.