Southbound Piedmont train 75 flying by control point Adams in Concord, North Carolina

Amtrak Piedmont consist for a promotional photo shoot.

NCDOT had an Amtrak Piedmont consist on display for a promotional photo shoot.

NCDOT had an Amtrak Piedmont consist on display for a promotional photo shoot. They do a great job of keeping their equipment clean. Photo taken under proper protection.

Amtrak train 77, the Piedmont, departs Raleigh Union Station for Charlotte, North Carolina. Many changes have occurred over the past several months. The building just above the locomotive i... (more)

NS 073 comes flying through Landis, NC

Amtrak 75 blasts through Thomasville, N.C.

Amtrak 75 blasts into High Point on time!

The last Piedmont of the day is waiting for the last of the passengers to disembark from the coaches of PO76 so it can head to the coach yard to be cleaned and ready for another days operation. N... (more)

It's still awfully quiet on the outskirts of downtown Raleigh before 7am. Quiet, that is, except for the punctual double-shot on the horn and the whine of the locomotive smoothly accelerating it's... (more)

Under the first light of dawn, the crew of the Amtrak/NCDOT "Piedmont" pulls their train out of the yard and down to Boylan Junction. Once past the junction, they will make a reverse move on the f... (more)

A southbound Piedmont service makes a passenger stop in Salisbury. The structure in the background serves as a very fancy covered walkway which extends between the platform and the station itself.

Amtrak 74 pauses in the new Durham Amtrak Station on a rainy fall night. The city's new bus station is in the foreground, part of a renewed emphasis on public transportation.

Panning after sunset.