A loaded grain train comes through the ghost town of Thurmond as the fog lifts on this early October morning.

The Amtrak Cardinal coasts through the ghost town of Thurmond as the fog lifts on this early October morning.

In desperate need of some touch up paint, the Penn Central leads NS's Office Car Special past the Old Thomasville Depot.

NS 12R crawls past Salisbury Station as they prepare to enter Old Spencer Yard to do some switching.

A GP60 leads a small freight train past the abandon Mocksville depot.

A manifest train comes down the hill at Elmwood past the Potash siding with a GE leading the way.

The Illinois Terminal passes by the old Walkertown Depot in Walkertown, NC.

One of the new sd70ACC units leads a 135 manifest train west to Asheville, NC.

The Illinois Terminal leads 272 through a mostly empty North Winston Yard on a Monday afternoon at the end of its journey from Roanoke, Va.

The original NS heritage unit leads 135 through the countryside in Statesville one last time from Linwood to Asheville before the closing of Linwood Yard that would take place in May of 2020.

The Jersey Central eases by the old Walkertown Depot on its way to North Winston yard.

A sd70ACe muscles a heavy coal train up the grade past the Durafiber plant at the 9.8 milepost signal.

A ET44AC leads a loaded coal train up the hill by a couple of wood chip cars in the siding at Lil Shavers warehouse on its way to Marshal Steam plant.

A sd40-2 works hard as it leads P61 up the grade with a 9,000 ton train past the DuraFiber plant at the 9.8 milepost signal towards Barber jct.