Eastbound NS train #64 at Troy, NC || August 1972

Train #63 west of Mt. Gilead, NC || August 1972

Northbound NS train between Candor and Biscoe, Sept 1972

Most of the work on A&R is in Fayetteville although the HQ is in Aberdeen. Here the local is just coming up from the CSX interchange.

Northbound NS Aberdeen-Star local passing through Biscoe, NC in September 1972. The depot was the general office of the Aberdeen-Asheboro Rwy.

NS GP18 #7 and GP38 #2005 lead eastbound train 64 near Troy, NC || Sept. 1972

Now this was a ragtag operation, Aberdeen to Star as I recall and the track was unbelieveably poor as was this poor old nee SAL geep.

Family-owned, down home friendly little railroad intertwined with SCL and fortunate enough to be in an area that was beginning to boom. The old 70-tonners would soon need larger help.

Former Baltimore & Annapolis SW9 with its stacks capped at Chadburn, NC || November 2001

Siding in the foreground leads into the PDR shops.