NS 1072 starts to notch down as P99 gets ready to terminate in Charlotte, NC.

NS PC21 is seen heading south down the O-Line in the Croft community headed back towards Charlotte with a lone ex-Southern GP38-2 running LHF.

Spotting trains in the Charlotte area.

Statesville was a great spot to fan in the 1970s with good traffic that really moved, even though the plant was not exactly cutting-edge. Here is proof as a crew member runs ahead to line the way... (more)

Northbound Mooresville Local near Cornelius, NC in May 1996. The conductor stopped along the road and bought a rocking chair which wouldn't fit through the cab door so he is enjoying the view from... (more)

A set of Southern Rwy hump power switches at Linwood, NC || August 1980

Linwood to Macon train 119 rounds the curve at Summit Avenue with the Carolina Panthers stadium and rest of the Charlotte skyline looming overhead.

Rolling south on track one, Norfolk Southern train 337 leaves the city of Charlotte, North Carolina behind on May 11, 2014.

Just before the sun sets on the skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina, Norfolk Southern train 348 rolls through town on its way towards Atlanta on April 24, 2014.

NS Train 213 heads south to Atlanta with a colorful non Norfolk Southern owned consist

Working a yard assignment in East Charlotte, a former N&W SD40-2 is silhouetted against the skyline of downtown Charlotte along NS' former Southern Railway mainline.

ex C&O 8271

NS Train 119 heads to Atlanta Ga with the CP SD60 leading passing thru Charlotte Jct with the skyline of Charlotte in the background.

Southbound manifest train 348 rolls around the curve just before crossing Summit Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 12, 2014.