Norfolk Southern ES40DC number 7501 leads a northbound manifest freight train through downtown High Point, NC on May 23, 2014.

Amtrak's northbound Carolinian slows for the station stop in downtown High Point, North Carolina on May 23, 2014.

Canadian National locomotive number 5644 leads Norfolk Southern manifest freight 36Q north under the signals in downtown High Point, North Carolina on May 23, 2014.

Led by Union Pacific SD70M number 4218, Norfolk Southern train P94 rolls under Centennial Street in High Point, North Carolina on March 15, 2014.

P1W catches some evening light on its return trip to Linwood Yard.

One of Norfolk Southern's newest purchases leading a Northbound freight.

The 11R heads south near High Point.

Norfolk Southern's "Honoring Our Veterans" unit leads NS 159 through High Point, N.C. on a cold but beautiful Winter day.

Moments before meeting train 218, train 128 passes Southern Film Extruders, Inc. on its way north through High Point, North Carolina.

A Dash 9 leads train 128 north through downtown High Point, NC on a rather chilly August morning.

A standard cab Dash 9 leads a manifest train north through downtown High Point on a sunny North Carolina morning.

Amtrak 75 blasts into High Point on time!

On the return leg of its run from Linwood to Winston-Salem, P1W heads south through High Point. The crew was running short on time and would tie the train down in Thomasville.

Amtrak 79 the southbound Carolinian blasts off from High Point's Amtrak station with phase IV heritage unit leader.

With an EMD in the front and threatening clouds above, a manifest freight train rolls through downtown High Point.