NS 154 leans into the curve at Lowell on an unseasonably warm Autumn morning.

The Autumn leaves have finally reached peak color here in the Piedmont Region. Seen here, NS 213 roars upgrade at Five Row with two Canadian visitors adding to the colorful scene.

The Salisbury Switcher crew takes a break by the Old Yard shanty while the dispatcher clears out a cluster of mainline traffic that got held up waiting for ole' Amtrak.

P99 holds on main two as Amtrak 75 overtakes and prepares to diverge from main one over to main two at CP "Spencer" just behind the photographer.

NS 786 prepares to take a diverging signal from the Charlotte District mainline to the R-line to Columbia at Charlotte Junction.

After a brief crew change, a late 211 continues south toward their terminus of Hotlanta. The train is about to duck under the East Jefferson Street bridge.

NS E08 (a random extra symbol, although technically P99's train) sails by the fall foliage at Five Row, the lead motor simply adding to the already colorful scene.

NS P61 notches down as they crest the hill at Five Row. The train is just about to duck under the East Jefferson Street bridge.

NS p61 begins theory day by climbing the Yadkin Hill which begins almost immediately out of the Linwood Yard outbound lead.

NS P92 shoves three beautifully restored passenger cars toward the museum lead in the Old Spencer Yard.

NS P92 brings three beautifully restored coach cars from Linwood Yard to the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

A late NS 213 sprints through downtown Belmont as the sun quickly sinks toward the horizon.

Factory fresh! The typical late Sunday 211 glides through North Advance with a fairly new UP SD70AH in the lead. 9014 has a build date of March 2016 and is one of UP's EMD Tier 4 "Credit Unit... (more)

Linwood- Oyama (Hickory) local P61 begins the day's journey by tackling the grade up Yadkin Hill. On this day, P61 featured a quartet of four-axle 38-series motors, two of them being high hoods of... (more)

The Autumn Leaf Special has arrived at the North Carolina Transportation Museum and waits for the weekend excursions to Charlottesville, VA and Toccoa, GA.