Heading westbound on the old-NS mainline from Chocowinity to Wilson in the evening, this GP9/35 pair is making good time with 20-some cars as they pass the old freight shed trackside in Simpson. W... (more)

On a nice spring morning, an eastbound CLNA freight breaks the silence of the forest as it breaks into a clearing shortly after leaving Wilson bound for Chocowinity. The GP30/35 lashup in charge t... (more)

CLNA heads east from Wilson to Chocowinity with a GP30/35 lashup and 20-some cars.

The whine of turbo-567's fills the air as the Carolina Coastal's only pair of matching units lopes along through rural eastern NC. Even though - like almost all CLNA's power - they don't wear CLNA... (more)

Heading east past the campus of East Carolina University. Note the extra abuttment to the left and wooden pilars in the creek bed. It appears there may have once been another track across this cre... (more)

The ingredients for a great shortline day: perfect spring weather, tranquil country setting, and a GP30/35 lashup doing track speed down jointed rail. Not to mention the large cut of woodchip hopp... (more)

"Be Sure With Pure" ...This sign adjacent to a long defunct gas station watches over the morning passage of Carolina Coastal's bi-weekly Wilson-Chocowinity turn. Hopefully once the economy picks u... (more)

What I believe to be a Heron, which was fishing in a nearby swampy drainage ditch, takes flight as the CLNA Wilson switcher trundles along the overgrown right of way with 10 cars for the NS interc... (more)

The latest and greatest power to arrive at the CLNA is this hard-to-miss ex-Mississippi Export (exx-SBD) Geep. She's taken over the Wilson Switcher job and is seen here kicking cars in their small... (more)

With their longs lines of stored locomotives, the Class I's may be taking the most visible hit due to the current economic disaster, but shortlines have been anything but spared. When the CLNA to... (more)

After coming to a stop, 8311 coughs up a lung getting across the CSX (former ACL) diamonds downtown Greenville. With just one car in tow, today's run back to Wilson will be a short one for the cre... (more)

The sad things that medical school does to one's free time: I live directly by the tracks of the CLNA and this is my first shot taken from where else but my parking lot. This is a fairly typical c... (more)