A moonlit night over the CSX A line in eastern, NC. Still standing guard over the rails are the ACL searchlight signals which would soon fall victim to the winds of change.

A veteran GP38-2 is in charge of a loaded Ethanol train bound for Healing Springs, NC. The train is approaching the diamond with the Ex-SOU WF Line which at the time laid mostly dormant.

After a trip down the Blue Ridge mountains on Norfolk Southerns “S Line”, NS 166 awaits a signal at Church St onto the Ex-Southern main.

A trusty, dusty and a little rusty old high hood GP38-2 built for the Southern Railway, leads P23 back north after a day of switching duties in Mooresville.

In the bleak mid winter, two veteran EMD’s team up to pull NS train 350 northbound through the single track and up grade toward Thomasville, NC.

NS 955 thunders south by Sumner Siding enroute to Atlanta, GA.

With a friendly wave from the conductor. The crew of Pacific Rail Services shoves back down the ladder track to grab another cut of loaded auto racks to spot at the Walkertown auto ramp.

The engineer of NS 351 digs his spurs into the veteran SD40-2 after departing Winston-Salem for Linwood yard.

NS 76K has yarded his train and unloading operations have begun like it has been countless times before. Built in 1926 and decommissioned in 2011. 99% of this scene is now gone with new natural ga... (more)

The early morning sun shines onto local P25, which has layed over the night in the Avgol spur with a veteran GP50 doing the honors.

With brand new Norfolk Southern Rapid Discharge hoppers in two. An eastbound coal drag is on a final leg of its journey with 3 veteran Norfolk Southern locomotives all of which are now removed fro... (more)

Pre safety vests and back when the NS roster still had some color and a true variety of classic EMD & GE power. These Ex-Conrails were some of my favorite locomotives on the roster besides the hig... (more)

On a early Spring morning CSX local heads toward Savannah on the Columbia Sub passing the old veteran Seaboad era signals which were soon to fall victim to the new “vaders” the following year.

BNSF Chewelah turn arrives back into Yardley crossing the Spokane River on a beautiful Spring morning.

After a 3 hour long wait throughout the day and dodging clouds for the first part of the morning. I finally took the photo that made my business trip across the country worth while. Two BNSF train... (more)