Next was grain train 41W. He is headed north under the old SOUTHERN intermediates at Lowell NC. These are one of the last southern signals left on the Piedmont Division as PTC slowly takes over.
So I went over to power drive to see the Train to Christmas town run. They are not far from Christmas town. This is the first year the Iowa Pacific the new owner of the P&N. The first run of the t... (more)
On a cold and Cloudy New Years Day of 2014, I was lucky enough to catch the Piedmont & Northern in operation. Here they are seen passing under Main Street just outside of Lowell, NC.
The first southbound train of the new year in Lowell is the Crescent at 3:15 a.m. as it splits the intermediate signals.
NS 214 ducks under the Lowell, NC signals as a light rain falls.
Classic Southern Hot Shot pig train #219 speeds south through Lowell, NC
The first Bush's campaign train passes through Lowell, NC.
NS 753 has a signal on both tracks as the DS already has the entire run-around lined for the empty Belmont hopper train to reverse course and head north. I'm a bit surprised the CTC allows this!
A whiteface leads intermodal train 213 through the intermediate signals at Lowell, 15 miles west of Charlotte on the former SOU main.
Former CR 6848
