The Charlotte Western returns to Gastonia behind an ex-UP/MP GP15-1.

NS 154 crossing the Catawba River

For about a decade, a train sat on display at the historic Piedmont & Northern Railway depot in Belmont painted for the Milltowne Railway Line, a fictional railroad. The train had been moved to t... (more)

In the original "748 fashion," the DPUs of a mid-month 750 lead 100 loads of Virginia anthracite down the 3-mile power plant spur. As signified by the towering high-voltage power lines, ... (more)

P43 makes it's way past the 2 MP on the plant Allan spur track in Belmont. It's hard getting anything running in good light here. Let alone a HH GP38-2. But I lucked out I guess.

On a clear December afternoon P43 with HH 5243 roll's along the pocket train in Belmont, NC. 43 will pull down to the switch to uncouple from it's train before continuing down the Allan steam plan... (more)

After picking up a couple car's from the CSX interchange at Mount Holly. The crew of the P&N take the train back to Gastonia.

Looking like an actual Penn Central unit. 750 rolls into Belmont with the "Peen Central heritage unit leading.

750 loaded Belmont coal drag rolls through a sorta out of the way spot in Belmont, NC. Just behind me this spot used to be where 5th street extension crossed the NS main. But that has since been r... (more)

750 rolls across Henry's Chapel Road in Belmont, NC. Bound for plant Allan with one of only 10 straight NS SD70M's. It's getting harder and harder to catch these coal trains in the day time but to... (more)

211 rolls over the Catawba River and under threatening sky's with the Central Of Georgia heritage unit leading.

After spending most of the late morning and early afternoon spreading ballast on main one. 94Z with the candy cane Herzog train sits tied down on the Belmont pocket track. The train has a clean AC... (more)

A interesting move on a fright train. 118 rolls north through Belmont with a beat up D9W 9102 on a flat bed. If anyone has any info on what derailment it was involved in post a comment below.

Rolling down the plant Allan spur and getting ready to enter the plant is PC20. They are bringing locomotives for a empty coal train that came out later that night. Soon scenes like this will be h... (more)

172 thunders through downtown Belmont as it passes the Belmont's Stowe Park sign.