The southbound Carolinian approaching the Durham station.

Post-storm light on a late Carolinian.

Panning after sunset.

CSX [ex Conrail] 2758 & CSX 6399

Amtrak 79 overtakes NS 149, waiting patiently in the hole at King.

A young woman boards the southbound Carolinian at Durham.

The clear indication of the signal ahead seems to mock the Amtrak crew members, who have been stuck in the Durham station for nearly two hours by now. A powerful line of thunderstorms had knocked ... (more)

One of Durham's many historic warehouses frames the southbound Carolinian with its beautiful decorative brickwork. At one point, the Ex-Southern main was 4 tracks across here to serve the tobacco ... (more)

Downtown Durham is a mix of historic buildings and ugly parking garages built in the name of "urban renewal". The city's beautiful Union Station was demolished to give space for the parking garage... (more)

Amtrak 80 rounds a curve high up on an embankment along Interstate 85 just west of Durham.

Spring is in full bloom in NC, framing Amtrak 79 as it blows through Durham.

An ex-BN unit is a rare visitor to this area in my experience. He adds some nice color to this lashup as the eastbound grain train heads toward Raleigh.

A young railfan covers his ears as a high-hood GP50 blows for the un-gated crossing, leading a cut of 6 empty coal cars back to the main.

The Northbound Carolinian departs Durham Station on a crisp spring morning. The shorter building under the Liggett & Myers sign has been proposed to be the location of the new passenger station, r... (more)

The Northbound Carolinian rumbles through South Durham toward its next stop in Cary on the first day of March, 2008