A blast of the horn carries for miles across the sandhills of North Carolina, but the sound of the locomotive bell - that means you're close. The hurried clang-clang-clang, rising in pitch as it a... (more)

This locomotive has seen a whole lot of service since it was built for the Santa Fe in 1951. Here it's coupled up nose-to-nose with one of the A&R's GP38s, awaiting some TLC after coming up from t... (more)

I had just moved from CA back east was a thrilled to be only 4 hours from the farm. The days were crisp and the reddish sun angle enriched the colors as this daily freight prepared to depart for ... (more)

The sound of the horn on A&R GP9 #205 echoing out over the Sandhills has been part of southeastern North Carolina for over 50 years.

This skilled hand has worked the same EMD control stand for almost 30 years.

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.

Westbound with hoppers for Clean Burn Fuels.

Train is parked in the CBF grain unloader.

Eastbound A&R freight train behind a GP7/GP38 combo at Ashley Heights, NC || October 1970

Four of the A&R's seven diesels switch the FCI siding at Raeford.

Outside the ex-SCL depot, an Aberdeen & Rockfish caboose is lit up for the holidays in downtown Aberdeen.