Another view of the P&N passenger special easing in to the curve at the old depot site in Lowell.

SLRG 457, now Piedmont & Northern 457, rolls through Belmont Junction on the old P&N main line. The spur to Belmont is seen branching off to the right.

SLRG 457, now Piedmont & Northern 457, zooms under the Rankin Avenue bridge during a photo runby for the passenger special.

The P&N Passenger Special passes the old depot site at Lowell, NC

Train 162 rolls across the I-40 overpass in Conover, NC

After a long delay from 162 having a hard time coming down the mountain, NS 135 crosses Mill Creek on its way up the loops

On a cold and dreary Winter afternoon, NS 741 rolls across Mill Creek, beginning her assault on the famous Southern Loops.

NS 69V moving quickly by the S52 mile marker.

The crew parked 69V on the siding at West Oyama, allowing for some great shots as the sun quickly set.

NS train 945 rolls across I-40 in Conover, NC. Led by a chopped ex-Southern SD40-2, still wearing her Southern horns.

High Hood Greatness! Local train P60 ducks under Old Mountain Road near Statesville, NC, behind a pair of ex-N&W SD40-2s, a rebuilt SD40-2, and an SD60E, all running "Southern Style". Th... (more)

The Westbound "Asheville Special" at Marion, NC

At precisely 5:47 PM on October 21st, 2015, a flash from the past arrived in the "future" in the form of NS Heritage Unit No. 8114, the original Norfolk Southern Railway. Leading train 7... (more)

On a about as beautiful a day as one could ever ask for, NS 165 rolls along a field under Carolina Blue skies

Recent maintenance on the S-Line had trains running several hours behind schedule, and trains that normally ran through at night got a rare daylight run up the "Loops". Here NS 165 soars... (more)