An evening May shower greets a Southern manifest extra sitting under the former "Rocky Ridge" signals with a pair of tuxedo EMDs on the point.

A few days prior to National Train Day on May 9th, Southern Railway GP30 2601 belonging to the North Carolina Transportation Museum and Southern Railway SD40 3170 belonging to Norfolk Southern res... (more)

After a day of excursion trips around the museum, Southern Railway GP30 #2601 has parked its train of Norfolk Southern excursion cars beside the old fuel pit at the former Spencer Shops. This unit... (more)

A detail shot of the side of the cab of Southern Railway GeeP 30 at the Streamliners at Spencer Event.

Sitting under a stormy sky, Southern Railway no. 2601 sits posed for photographers attending the Streamliners at Spencer event.

On display at the Streamliners at Spencer event were Southern 2601 and N&W 620 with a freight train.

An almost angelic presence of railroaders past keeps an eye over the Streamliner Event. Look at the middle window pane, second row from top. Did not notice until I enlarged the image on my PC.

Fellow contributor Ryan Lewis grabs his shot of the work train parked at Spencer while that pesky helicopter comes in for a landing as the local cop makes his rounds at the museum.

Streamlined vs. unstreamlined.

Aside from the day-glow green vest, this could have been a scene 40 years ago!

The original, and a spin off on the Southern Railway's classy tuxedo scheme!

Under a stormy sky, Southern Railway no. 2601 built in 1963, sits tied down posed for photographers attending the "Streamliners at Spencer" to be able to shoot during the night photo ses... (more)

While preparing to move NCTM's Southern GP30 from a roundhouse track to the turntable, the engineer starts up the EMD, shooting a could of smoke into the sky. Far above is a crescent moon, which i... (more)