Laurinburg and Southern Railroad 131 sits among a plethora of older LRS power in 2004. She is an Alco S2 built in 1948 for the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad.

I think this was my first visit to this prosperous classic family-owned shortline. I was interesting place with an assortment of critters running all over, even occasionally going to interchange ... (more)

Considering that short little stack I would guess this is the predominant end of the unit we would see. As a note: GE advertised the 70 Ton model's electrical system as being as simple as a Chev... (more)

Sometime in the late 80s this former High Point Thomasville & Denton unit is doing one of the daily chores around town. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

LRS's power lays over for the weekend at their interchange yard with CSX, while an interesting prop was left on the crossing.

This former Union Railroad unit eases up to make a joint with some freight car, just another day. No name on the slide.

Laurinburg And Southern #11 caboos fnds itself on the end of a phot freight charter led by Washington & Lincolnton 203 in Knoxville, Tennessee back in 2007. The photographers got to ride in the ca... (more)

LRS crew has just cut one of the three SW1500s off their train to take some tank cars into Laurinburg. The two motors on the right will couple onto the rear of the train.

A Laurinburg and Southern Railroad engineer onboard LRS #9528 pulls a string of tank cars out of the CSX interchange in the summer of 2013. The locomotive was built in 1972 as Penn Central EMD SW1... (more)

Two second hand locomotives sit at the Tyson Foods plant in Monroe, North Carolina back in 2012. Laurinburg & Southern NW2 #127 had been the plant switcher here for many years. It was initilly bui... (more)

a Laurinburg & Southern carcass of undetermined number sits uout her final days before inevitable scrapping

As they often do, Laurinburg and Southern Railroad crew has split the power to work the interchange with CSX in Laurinburg. LRS SW1500 #9528 was built for the Penn Central

My only visit to the Laurinburg & Southern was a stop at Laurinburg, North Carolina when nothing was running. Through a locked gate, a view of two 70-tonners was possible. Bicentennial unit 76 app... (more)

A veteran on the railroad, this one was the usual power until traffic began to increase.

Tucked away among the spare parts at the Laurinburg & Southern's diesel shop in Laurinburg, North Carolina, is engine 150, a GE 25-tonner. Built in May 1943 for the Bethlehem Steel Company, it wa... (more)