A short P99 comes under the old Southern intermediates known as Glass. P99 had a ET44AC number 3626 NS has some more of these set to be delivered sometime this year.

I thank it's fitting that 611 is flying american flags as we remember 9/11 15 years ago today. Seen here is 611 about to pull into the station while it is pulling the NCTM trains. Photo taken on 9... (more)

The Texas sits on the turn table as ACL 1031 watches on.

RNCX 1869 The City of Durham leads 74 by me in a spot at Harrisburg, NC. He is going into a nice curve here and it really let's you get a good picture.

T31 passes through the country side of Candler, NC as the mountains for which this railroad was named after makes a nice backdrop for this photo.

NS 119 comes past Belmont NC with a leader that you don't see that often. A standard cab D8-40C that I asked my friend about I asked him why does it have all that damage on the front of the locomo... (more)

UP AC44CW, 6006 leads 119 through the famed Gastoina trench.

Probably the best fall shot I have ever gotten is P61 coming up the hill in notch 8 at Five Row. Oh and by the way this guy had a SD40E witch is way out of his place here in NC they are usually wo... (more)

213 rolls through the trench in Gastonia with a big mac leading a UP ES44.

750 rolls across Henry's Chapel Road in Belmont, NC. Bound for plant Allan with one of only 10 straight NS SD70M's. It's getting harder and harder to catch these coal trains in the day time but to... (more)

A meet at Lowell and some old Southern intermediates. NS 172 puled up and stopped at Lowell NC because he did not have a signal yet at South Fork. After 213 came by South Fork 172 got a signal at ... (more)

You know a train is very late when the dispatcher says to AMTRAK and says I know your late but NS 211 is extremely late Then he said you will follow him all the way to Charlotte. So a 10+ hour lat... (more)

AMTRAK #20 the north bound Crescent rolls over I-85 on a clear and cold fall morning. This train was nearly 9 hours late which allowed for the early morning shot.

NS 211 comes by Kings Mountain on a cold and windy February morning. We have one of only 29 SD80MAC's that NS owns. NS 7222 started out life as CR 4113 then after the split up of CR it became CSX ... (more)

Due to recent changes NS is implementing a number of trains is getting either cut or on duty times are being moved to night time. With that being said 172 is one of those trains. It and 173 will b... (more)