A beautiful spring afternoon sees one of the two afternoon Sounder trains to Everett head north along Carkeek Park Beach next to Puget Sound with a veteran F59PHI trailing.

EXO 1327 is shoving a deadhead move down the South Jct Lead, on its way to Candiac for another load of commuters.

EXO 76 from Candiac is about to stop at Montreal West Station.

EXO 16 from Vaudreuil is arriving at Montreal West Station with an F59PHI for power. With Lucien L'Allier Station closed due to reconstruction work, all Vaudreuil/Hudson and Candiac trains are ter... (more)

The US Open Express train takes the ACWR Sandhills Sub out of Aberdeen, a rare trip for the Piedmont equipment.

The Open Express turns up the Aberdeen Carolina & Western in Aberdeen with an NCDOT F59PHI leading.

An Amtrak special slowly enters the Aberdeen Carolina & Western's Sandhills Sub as a couple railfans document their passage.

The Open Express slows to enter the ACWR-CSX interchange yard in Aberdeen, where they'll change ends and head to Pinehurst. The Aberdeen & Rockfish put an engine out on display for the weekend, an... (more)

A special train consisting of mostly NCDOT equipment crosses the Atlantic & Western diamond at Sanford enroute to Pinehurst.

RNCX 1797, the "City of Asheville", brings up the rear of the Open Express train on rare mileage at Sanford.

Amtrak "Open Express" 1173 pulls into the siding at Sanford to allow P092 to pass before heading to Pinehurst.

The Open Express sails through Apex with NCDOT's F59PHI pair for power and a variety of passenger equipment.

Amtrak/NCDOT "Open Express" 1171 heads through Apex with a mixed consist of NCDOT, Amtrak and ACWR passenger equipment running from Raleigh to Pinehurst for the US Open.

METX 88, one of Metra's F59PHI locomotives acquired from Amtrak Surfliner (and still wearing that road's silver and blue paint), leads an outbound commuter train through Elmwood Park, IL.

NCDOT's US Open Special heads northbound over the Haw River on the way from Pinehurst to Raleigh. The track is the former Seaboard Air Line main.