Happy Halloween from Aberdeen

The staff at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western have decorated ACWR GP-7 896 and cars for Halloween.

Happy Halloween from Aberdeen

The staff at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western have decorated ACWR GP-7 896 and cars for Halloween. I liked the spider on top of the car, while m... (more)

A colorful lashup, consisting of ex Illinois Central 101, ex Alaska RR 30, ex Iowa Pacific 540, ex CN 5548 and ex CN 5527, sit outside the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western shop in Candor, North Caroli... (more)

Bridging the River. The ACWR passenger train movement pauses on the bridge at the Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydro Project.

Magenta. Why magenta, you ask? Simple answer: some company printing with red designation in the logo/herald was returned with this hue....and it stuck. When it came time to paint these two ex-N... (more)

Aberdeen Carolina & Western's business train crosses the Rocky River bridge east of Oakboro, NC, during the F-unit's first run across the western district of the ACWR towards Charlotte. The origin... (more)

First Time for Cab Diesels? The ACWR does a railfan-friendly movement of its passenger cars, moving for the first time beyond Star to Charlotte. The train is led by its beautiful (to most,... (more)

Easing into Star where they will then diverge onto the original NS tangent into Charlotte.

Excursion train to Aberdeen is heading down the well-kept mainline with two ex-Florida Central coaches as part of the consist. #703 is is ex-Go Transit/Tri Rail.

Excursion train is at the yard on the original NS tangent that extends out towards Charlotte in the east leg that connects with their mainline to Aberdeen. Here you can see the original set of F-... (more)

ACWR 271 and ACWR 270, (ex NS OCS), visits the queen city for the first time since it's fresh new paint job. I hate the NS sold these, but i'd be lying if I said they didn't look pretty.

Aberdeen, Carolina, and Western shoves into the siding in the trendy NoDa (North Davidson Street) area of Charlotte, on the outskirts of their connection with NS at the Charlotte yard.

Aberdeen, Carolina, and Western's former NS F9A/B set carries the special westbound at Stanfield, NC.

Aberdeen, Carolina, and Western's former NS F9A/B set rolls northbound in a going-away shot at Biscoe, NC.

Aberdeen, Carolina, and Western's former NS F9A/B set rolls westbound by a cotton field just east of Oakboro.