An ex Southern Geep sits idling on the main as the crew is on lunch break.

Two U18B locomotives pull out of an industrial park near Anderson, SC.

The Pickens Anderson job gets ready to head south from downtown Anderson, SC.

NS 5230 slowly rolls by an open field on the ex Carolina & North Western HG line in South Gastonia.

A pusher set chases pigeons down the tracks.

The NS 1072 glows brightly as they glide over the Catawba River on a cold December afternoon.

A CSX SD40-3 sits idling on the P&N ready for this weekend pulling the Christmas train.

Ex C&NW, ex Lehigh Valley, now SLRG leased to the P&N sit quietly in Ranlo, NC.

Snow flurries start to fall as 8099, 4002, and a ET44 push 194 across coopers trestle.

P43 struggles up the steep grade with two scrap metal cars for Bruce's scrap yard, a string of tank cars for Lubrizol chemical plant, and a NS caboose.

The rain starts to gradually get harder as 172 eases over the muggy South Fork River in Cramerton, NC, with some special visitors from across the country and beyond.

The Kings Mountain Christmas parade is about to start. Christmas music rings over the speakers. People start to pick out their spots to watch Santa ride down the streets. Everyone in town stops to... (more)

NS P43 creeps by the welcoming sign to Gastonia on its way to work a chemical plant just down the tracks.

The Bumblebee kicks up the fallen colorful leaves as they duck under the old Southern Railway intermediates.

P99's conductor climbs out of 1072 getting ready to uncouple the locomotives from the train as the PTI van chases them down the track.