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.

The Blue Ridge Southern's T31 job from Canton to Asheville heads east across Hominy Creek behind a quartet of EMD's wearing the Watco corporate paint. The engineer gives a friendly wave as it lead... (more)

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)

Freshly rebuilt EMD NS 1819 leads the NS 272 over the heavily flooded Mayo River on a cool winter morning.

GSMR GP7 711 has just received the railroad's newest aquisition- an Amtrak diner. Here the short movement crosses a rarely used trestle just past the Dillsboro yard.

E52 cruises across the calm waters of Chocowinity Bay on this Spring morning bound for the Nutrien mine at Aurora, NC.

I picked this spot in Cramerton initially because I knew 153 was going to track two. Also the light here for late afternoon trains was going to be really good. But I decided to get creative with t... (more)

NS 6950 crosses over Underpass road in Advance with a few empty boxcars from the Triangle Warehouse in Clemmons as it makes its way back to Mocksville.