P43 heads under the former Southern signal bridge at Lowell with a single SD40-2 for power.

A Norfolk Southern Railway train passes under the Southern Railway-era signals in Lowell, North Carolina. NS 3544 is a General Electric ET44AC built in June 2016.

Northbound Under the Signals. The daily hotshot 24X passes under the remnant Southern Railway signal bridge in Lowell, NC, led by an increasingly rare Dash 9 that once wandered the system ... (more)

The Illinois Terminal heritage unit leads Jacksonville - Charlotte train 282 under the intermediates at Lowell as the train approaches its terminus.

Fresh from the paint booth in Altoona, PA, the Reading heritage unit shoves NS 27A under the Southern signal bridge at Lowell in the dead of the night.

240 is near the end of it's cross-country journey from California to the Charlotte intermodal yard just 8 miles ahead. They're passing a favorite photo location, the Southern-era signal bridge in... (more)

Historic Signals. The daily 24X passes under the remnant SOU signal bridge at Lowell, NC, which has somehow survived the fate that has befallen most old signals on the NS line.

A late daylight running Amtrak Crescent number 20 ducks under what is one of the last reaming Southern Railway intermediate bridges left on the Coastal Division. It's just made it's station stop a... (more)

A BNSF and ATSF Warbonnet pair leading Norfolk Southern train I64 (extra 264) under the Southern signals in Lowell, NC.

In fun palindrome style, NS 911 leads NS 119 under the Southern-era intermediate signals in Lowell.

Two aspects of railroading that may cease to exist in the future. Running on an as-needed basis, a loaded Belmont coal train swings under the Southern era intermediates at Lowell. With the age of... (more)

The Southern heritage unit leads train 204 northbound under the Southern intermediates in Lowell, North Carolina.

NS local P43 going north under the old GRS type D Southern signals that still remain over the Charlotte District mainline in Lowell, North Carolina.

After stopping to meet a couple trains at Lowell, NC. 264 get's under way to continue it's journey from Memphis to the intermodal yard at the airport in Charlotte. This train can normally be seen ... (more)

NS 222 knocks down CP Lowell in Lowell, NC with the NS #8101 GE ES44AC ( Central Of Georgia ) Heritage Unit in command heading for Charlotte, NC this evening.